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<h1>Erosion</h1>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Morning Michelle!</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Ugh.</span><br />
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She feels dizzy and her body is filled with a burning sensation.
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She takes a step out of her preservation chamber and sits down on the
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floor in front of it, putting her arms over her knees to rest her head.
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<br />
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<span class="quote speech">I'm gonna ... need a moment.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Water?</span><br />
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She raises her head and Jack hands her a glass. After taking a couple
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sips, she sets it down, unsure whether it helps or makes it worse, and
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rests her head again.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Just let me sit here for a moment.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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After a while, she lifts up her head again:<br />
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<span class="quote speech">What year is it? ... and what's our
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mission?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Twenty-one-oh-six. We don't have an
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explicit mission, uplink's dead.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">You're kidding.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Nope.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">How'd you get woken up then?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Technical failure.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">You survived that?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">That was the least of my challenges.</span>
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<br />
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Jack briefly recounts his side of the events of the past
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<span class="comment">amount of time</span> as well as some of the things
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he had read in the logs or talked about with Annie.
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle's dizziness goes away and the burning sensation in her body
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begins to fade. She slowly gets up, takes a few cautious steps forward to
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the table, and leans on it.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">So?</span> She looks at Jack.
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<span class="quote speech">What now? Any plans?</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">I guess, for now, exploring the area and
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taking a look at the uplink. I wanna see if we can fix it.</span><br />
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Michelle thinks for a moment.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Sorry but I don't quite feel ready for
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a hike like that. I'm gonna need a little bit longer.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Take your time.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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After a short pause, Jack walks over to the kitchen area, saying:
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<span class="quote speech">If you want, I got some leftover baked potato
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wedges...</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Ooh yeah, something to eat would be really
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nice right now. Did you make your usual spicy dip to go with them?</span>
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<span class="quote speech">Yup.</span><br />
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He places a small bowl filled with a dark red paste on the table.
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Then, he takes the <span class="comment">Backblech?</span> with the
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wedges and puts it in the oven to reheat them.
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle turns around and picks up the glass off the floor before sitting
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down at the table.
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<span class="comment">Idk they eat, guess I'll need to describe that
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in a bit more detail... Then they get ready to leave.</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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They step outside and, following what remains of the old path, start
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walking. It is narrow and winded, overgrown, and has partially
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disappeared. Jack walks ahead, only half following the path, half making
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it up as he goes. Michelle struggles to follow, slowly falling behind.
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</p>
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<p>
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After a while, Jack stops abruptly, looking down at something, then up,
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then down again. Then, he turns to Michelle who is catching up to him
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and says: <span class="quote speech">Well, that could be a reason why
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the uplink is down – it literally <i>is down</i>...</span>.
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Michelle reaches the edge and and sees what Jack had stopped for:
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A large <span class="comment">ravine? wash?</span> extends towards the
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top of the mountain where a landslide had left nothing but a cliff and
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a huge pile of rubble. At the top of the mountain, teetering on the
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edge, are two buildings – all that's left of the ground
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station. The rest of the buildings and the dish lay strewn around
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in pieces down below.
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</p>
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