Worker ChoTen, please
report. Your global positioning data is
uncertain. Last reading indicated a location
two kilometers from your designated work site.
Law enforcement officers report no sign of your presence. Please report immediately or return to the
work site if unable to respond. Repeat…
… ... ...
You
won’t be needing that comm unit again today, ‘ChoTen’. Keep your hands visible and don’t make any
sudden movements. We’re leaving this
area and you will be joining us. We’d
like to hear your impressions of our work on the maglev line; a confederate
with your expertise would be welcome.
We’re pleased you weren’t injured.
Harm to innocent bystanders was never our intent.
The
three persons killed aboard that train were not Zig… or rather, were no longer
Zig. The Revered HaKiRozTuVa and his
advisors were bonded to Awakeners, parasitic sapient fungal colonies which
inhabit the bodies of their victims and control their actions. Normally, Awakeners can’t bond with Zig. Our biochemistry is toxic to theirs. Somehow, these Awakeners have overcome that
limitation. We need to know how.
We couldn’t move against them
directly. Unfortunately, Awakeners are
psychically active, making it difficult for our agents to get close enough to
capture or kill their hosts. We’re also
not yet sure how deep the infiltration of planetary government has gone. Honestly, we were hoping to capture one or
more of the passengers for interrogation.
Your
actions led to the arrival of law enforcement officers and made recovery
impossible. We don’t hold you
responsible, per se, but we also cannot let you go home. Until the Awakener problem is resolved and
our agents are exonerated, you cannot be allowed to leave. It is your decision whether to assist in our
operations or simply wait out the interim as a prisoner. Either way, do not attempt to flee. You are outnumbered and outarmed.
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