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Herzog: Rani, it's Herzog.<br /> | '''Herzog: '''Rani, it's Herzog.<br /> | ||
Rani: (on chatter) What do you want?<br /> | '''Rani:''' (on chatter) What do you want?<br /> | ||
Herzog: I spoke to your tech a couple of weeks ago.<br /> | '''Herzog:''' I spoke to your tech a couple of weeks ago.<br /> | ||
Rani: My tech?<br /> | '''Rani:''' My tech?<br /> | ||
Herzog: Tech Specialist Carmi. You wonder why she wasn't in her office?<br /> | '''Herzog: '''Tech Specialist Carmi. You wonder why she wasn't in her office?<br /> | ||
Rani: Ya, she's on maternity leave.<br /> | '''Rani: '''Ya, she's on maternity leave.<br /> | ||
Herzog: She's never going to be a mother, Rani, but before she disappeared, I got to talk to her.<br /> | '''Herzog: '''She's never going to be a mother, Rani, but before she disappeared, I got to talk to her.<br /> | ||
Rani: Disappeared?<br /> | '''Rani: '''Disappeared?<br /> | ||
Herzog: You were right about the artifact, it's counting down.<br /> | '''Herzog: '''You were right about the artifact, it's counting down.<br /> | ||
Rani: What happened to her?<br /> | '''Rani:''' What happened to her?<br /> | ||
Herzog: It doesn't matter, what matters is the artifact.<br /> | '''Herzog:''' It doesn't matter, what matters is the artifact.<br /> | ||
Rani: Look, I-I can't... Standish is watching me.<br /> | '''Rani: '''Look, I-I can't... Standish is watching me.<br /> | ||
Herzog: Rani, you have to. What's going to happen when the device goes off?<br /> | '''Herzog: '''Rani, you have to. What's going to happen when the device goes off?<br /> | ||
Rani: Nobody knows.<br /> | '''Rani: '''Nobody knows.<br /> | ||
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Herzog: When it was activated, it sent a huge ripple through the slipstream. When it goes off, at the very least it's probably going to cause a disruption that the Covenant will notice.<br /> | '''Herzog: '''When it was activated, it sent a huge ripple through the slipstream. When it goes off, at the very least it's probably going to cause a disruption that the Covenant will notice.<br /> | ||
Rani: I can't! You have to get someone else to do it. Do it yourself.<br /> | '''Rani:''' I can't! You have to get someone else to do it. Do it yourself.<br /> | ||
Herzog: I'm sorry, I can't. Standish thinks I'm dead right now. I should be dead right now.<br /> | '''Herzog: '''I'm sorry, I can't. Standish thinks I'm dead right now. I should be dead right now.<br /> | ||
Rani: What?<br /> | '''Rani: '''What?<br /> | ||
Herzog: Standish arranged an accident. It's just luck that the car hit the water and skipped the way it did, allowing the safety system to do | '''Herzog:''' Standish arranged an accident. It's just luck that the car hit the water and skipped the way it did, allowing the safety system to do its job.<br /> | ||
Rani: No...!<br /> | '''Rani: '''No...!<br /> | ||
Herzog: I'm | '''Herzog:''' I'm okay. Compression fracture, and a couple of vertebra, broken ribs, a broken arm, but all things that will heal. And it's lucky that wh--<br /> | ||
Rani: --Lucky?<br /> | '''Rani: '''--Lucky?<br /> | ||
Herzog: As long as Standish thinks I'm dead, I've got a little breathing room. But Rani, you're all I've got.<br /> | '''Herzog:''' As long as Standish thinks I'm dead, I've got a little breathing room. But Rani, you're all I've got.<br /> | ||
Rani: *sigh*<br /> | '''Rani: '''*sigh*<br /> | ||
(chatter off)<br /> | (chatter off)<br /> | ||
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