Intergalactic Summit

The implication of this statement goes further than you think. Evidence is there. The path is longer than you think. Broader than one incident in time.

There is nothing mystical about it.

I am limited in my ability to speak on this topic until I receive permission.

I cannot speak of Talocan connection to recent events.
I cannot speak of Nation connection to recent events.
I cannot speak of my recent re-evaluation of Seyllin incident following appearance of Caroline's Star.
I cannot speak of my analysis of historical events as illuminated by recent information.

What's mine is my creativity, my appreciation of patterns. Seeing wondrous connections like an intricate mosaic. Beauty in it's subtle waves of interaction.

I hope you understand and forgive my limits. Clarity does not come without a price, and some must pay more than others.

Ms. Jenneth,

An interesting observation and theory, as usual I find your discourse most stimulating and interesting. Thank you for sharing it publicly.

As to the matter of this Sansha abomination, Deceiver's Echo, I am reminded of a quip from an old writer - for the life of me I cannot recall his name or from whence he came, however he was delightfully brilliant and witty. It went something like this, "On the business of being profound, thinkers are not unlike wells. A person with good eyes can see to the bottom of the deepest, provided any water is in it; and often when there is nothing in it besides dryness and dirt, and it is barely a few feet deep, it shall pass regardless for being wondrously deep - because of no wiser reason than it is wondrously dark."

Or to put it more plainly: Sophistry, the illusion of meaning or depth where there is only shallowness and pointless drivel twisted and trussed up with eloquence.

But yes Ms. Jenneth I think I will ponder more upon your considered thoughts however.

In faith,

The Honourable Dr. Arkon Sarain
Chief Judge
Kor-Azor Roving Tribunal

As you wish. I will leave you to your investigation. My apologies for interfering.

You're really, truly welcome to them, Ms. Ikiryo. It seems like reality's difficult enough to puzzle through without people with suspicious motives piling on more puzzles.

Please do say if you find something useful, though. She's right that I could be overlooking a lot of important things.

Being able to hold up her own theory and give it a good look would let us evaluate it a lot better. As it is ... Dr. Sarain's seems to be right about the probabilities. We have no way of knowing whether the labyrinth even has a solution, and she's asking us to expend a lot of time and effort just to figure out what her theory is.

Just because someone is clever doesn't mean they'll use it well. That's something I might know a little bit about.

Its a conspiracy of Talocans to remain hidden.

I guess I've sort of written the Nation off as a valid perspective without noticing I was doing so. Hm. Maybe being too wary of someone to risk direct exposure to them easily leads to closing other avenues as well.

Is that bad? ... I guess I'll have to think about it.


Well ... maybe so.

I mostly don't think of my work in terms of right and wrong, or even correct and incorrect, though. I just sort of ... try to understand the why of things.

Mostly. I guess there's a lot of variation there, too.

... anyhow ... good luck, Ms. Ikiryo. I hope she'll still be willing to talk. If something other than cobwebs does come of it, I would really like to hear about it.

Talocans think we are cancer. They will not let us pass the veil.
It's a matter of principles. Their principles.
We are better off killing ourselves like we used to, again and again. The best Eden we could have made for ourselves.