THE BLUE RECORD

Wir sind uns unbekannt, wir Erkennender Wir selbst uns selbst: das hat seinen gutan Grund…
Friedrich Nietzsche.

(We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge, and that for good reason...)

The yellow light pulses. The blue light goes out.

The white lights are near.

The white lights are on the horizon.

The hum is steady. The yellow light is steady.

The pressure rises.

The skin moves.

The cluster of white lights is there.

The white lights are on the horizon.

There is the brilliant flash.

The sun is on the horizon.

On the screens:

The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection.

The indicated sectors are red.

The sun is on the horizon of setting.

The black screen is black.

The green light pulses. The yellow light is steady.

There is the hum.

The hum is steady.

The pressure eases.

The green light is steady. The red light pulses on the flight screen. The circle of yellow light moves to encompass the red light.

The hum is steady.

The building moves. The building is black. The flashes of red sunlight are at the rim. There are the white lights. There is the high building. There is the building. The buildings are black.

The flashes of red sunlight are at the rims.

The sun is red at the pylons at the horizon. The red sunlight flashes at the rims of the pylons.

The red sunlight flashes at the rims of the buildings. The buildings are black. The red sunlight flashes at the rims.

The cluster of white lights is there. The cluster is the circle. The paving is bright there.

On the flight screen: The circle of yellow light moves to encompass the pulsing red light.

The cluster of white lights is near.

The white lights are on the horizon.

The North.

There is the brilliant flash on the horizon.

The sun is set.

On the screens: The indicated sectors are red. The sun is on the horizon of setting.

The circle of white lights is near.

The North horizon is black.

There is the brilliant flash at the pylon.

The bips commence. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The pressure rises.

The bips pulse. The cones of green light pulse on the ceiling.

The Leader closes the lids.

The bips are the squares: Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip.

The bips are the triangles. Bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip.

The bips are the squares. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip.

The bips are uneven. Bip. Bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip. Bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip. Bip. Bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip. Bip.

The bips are the circles. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

The bips are the great circles. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip...

The grating is slight.

The bips complete.

The pressure eases.

The white light is at the window. The ceiling is even.

The couch opens.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The white light is the squares in the cabin. The squares are on the yellow.

The Leader stands. The cabin moves. The cabin is still. The Leader is in the square of white light. The yellow light is there. The white light is here. The light is yellow white at the rim.

The Leader walks. The square is there. The rim is white yellow white.

The Leader closes the visor. The visor clicks magnetically at the rim of the coverall.

The light in the cabin is white yellow.

The entrance opens.

On the screens: The sun is below the horizon of setting. The indicated sectors are red. The black screen is black.

The entrance is bright. The frost moves on the white.

The white light is bright at the entrance.

The visor is dark.

The paving is bright.

The sky is black.

The sun is set.

On the battle screen: The indicated sectors are red.

The objectives. Complete.

The white light is on the pylon.

The vehicle raises the dust. The dust moves in the white light.

The red light pulses at the roof of the vehicle. The dust is red there.

The sky is black. The black is even. The black is still. The vehicle grates on the paving. The vehicle is blue.

There is the red flash on the side. There is the yellow light at the window.

The dust moves in the white light. The red light pulses. The pulse is even.

The entrance opens.

The Leader walks on the ramp. The other walks on the ramp.

The coverall is red.

‘The Leader.’ The voice grates. The vehicle grates on the paving.

The white light goes out. The yellow light is on the paving. The yellow is on the red coverall.

The one in charge of the attack.

The visor is clear.

The red light pulses. There are the flashes on the rim of the visor.

‘The objectives. Complete.’

‘The objectives. Complete.’

The flash is brilliant at the horizon. The pylon is bright.

The visor is dark.

The sky is black.

‘The bolt. The discharge.’

‘The bolt. The discharge. The Northerner discharger.’

The visor is clear.

The frost on the paving is bright in the yellow light. The frost is red there.

‘The screen. The indicated sectors are red.’

‘The indicated sectors are red. The objectives. Complete.’

The red light pulses. The red light is on the rim of the visor.

The Leader walks on the ramp. The one in charge of the attack walks on the ramp.

On the screens: The sun is below the horizon of setting. The indicated sectors are red.

‘Mark.‘

The entrance closes. The Leader opens the visor. The other opens the visor.

‘Mark.’ The voice is even.

The other presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Northerner discharger. Indicate.’

On the battle screen: The yellow light pulses on the red.

‘The red.'

‘The red.‘

The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Northerner discharger. The red sector. Mark.’

‘The Northerner discharger. The red sector. Mark.’

The voice echoes.

The bips commence.

The green light pulses.

The Leader lies in the couch. The couch closes.

The pressure rises.

The bips are the circles. The near circles. The great circles.

The green light is steady.

The bips are the great circle.

The circle is open. The bips go out...

The bips complete. The couch opens. The light in the cabin is yellow.

On the screens: The sun is below the horizon of setting. The indicated sectors are red.

The objective. Complete.

The yellow light pulses on the red.

The other closes the visor.

The Leader closes the visor.

The entrance opens.

The white light is at the vehicle. The paving is bright.

The sky is black. There is no depth.

The frost is bright in the white light.

The brilliant flash is close. The buildings are bright. There are the high buildings.

The black is even.

The static flashes. The high buildings are blue. The blue sparks are on the paving. The blue sparks are on the other coverall.

The blue flash goes from the building to the paving. The blue sparks are on the rim of the visor.

‘The bolt. The discharge.’

‘The bolt. The discharge.’

The other turns. The Leader turns.

The vehicle is high. The vehicle hovers at the paving. The vehicle moves.

The discharger instrument is bright.

The vehicle is blue.

The vehicle grates on the paving.

The entrance is high. The light is yellow at the entrance.

The one in the blue coverall holds the instrument. The lights on the instrument are blue red yellow.

‘The Leader.’ The voice grates.

The one in charge of the attack speaks:

‘The Northerner discharger.’

The one in the blue coverall presses the blue light. There is the white light. The one in the blue coverall presses the red light. The white light moves.

The discharger vehicle lies on the side near the building.

The discharger vehicle is green.

‘Now.’ The one in the blue coverall turns. The Leader turns.

There is the brilliant flash.

The sky is black.

The blue sparks are on the vehicles. The blue sparks move on the buildings.

The blue sparks move on the rims of the vehicles.

The discharger vehicle is green.

The Northerner.

The base is black.

The Northerner discharger vehicle.

The discharger vehicle is green.

‘The Leader.‘

The Leader walks on the ramp.

The entrance closes. The Leader opens the visor.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

On the battle screen: The yellow light pulses on the red.

The yellow light pulses on the red.

The Leader presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Northerner discharger vehicle. Noninstrumental. Mark.‘

‘The Northerner discharger vehicle. Noninstrumental. Mark.‘

‘The Leader.‘

‘The Leader.

‘Hold.’

The Leader holds.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The yellow light pulses on the red. The yellow light comes and goes. The yellow light comes the long way and goes the long way.

The yellow light has depth.

The Leader closes the visor. The visor clicks magnetically at the rim of the coverall.

The entrance opens.

The cone of white light is distinct on the black sky. The blue sparks move on the paving.

‘Hold.’

The Leader lies in the couch. The yellow light pulses on the black...

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The red coverall is bright in the yellow light...

The yellow light pulses at the ceiling.

The yellow light comes the long way. The yellow light goes the long way. The yellow light is the long way. The light is yellow black there.

The long way.

Deep. . .

There is the resonant ping. The voice echoes in the couch.

‘The Leader. Now. Go to the Northern discharger vehicle.’

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The couch opens. The Leader stands. The Leader closes the visor.

‘Now. Go to the Northerner discharger vehicle.’

The one in charge of the attack closes the visor. The entrance opens.

The one in the blue coverall is at the discharger vehicle.

The frost is bright on the paving. The white flash on the side of the Leader vehicle is bright.

The white light.

‘Now.‘

The flash. The visor is dark. The flash is brilliant.

The blue sparks are on the buildings. The blue sparks are on the red coverall. The blue sparks move on the rim of the visor.

The blue sparks move on the black sky. The sparks are on the long vehicle there.

The discharger vehicle is black green in the white light.

The hum is steady. The blue sparks move on the discharger instrument.

The plates descend in the white light. The plates touch magnetically on the discharger vehicle. Klunk. The sound.

The discharger vehicle grates on the paving. The dust moves. The frost moves. The white light.

The discharger vehicle is green. The light at the windows is blue.

‘Now.‘

The flash. The visor is dark. The sky is white.

The blue sparks move on the discharger vehicle.

‘Black.’ The voice grates.

The vehicle in the sky is black.

The one in the blue coverall raises the arm.

‘Black.’

The Leader speaks: ‘The World recovery vehicle.’

The beam is violet. The beam moves on the blue sparks.

The entrance opens.

The beam is still. The beam comes from the black vehicle.

The World recovery.

The other is on the ladder. The coverall is green.

The hum complete. The blue light at the window goes out.

The visor is cracked. The frost is bright at the crack.

The one in the green coverall is unsteady. The visor is dark. The frost on the crack is bright.

The one in the green coverall raises the arm. The voice grates. The voice is indistinct.

The Leader speaks: ‘The Leader.’

The one in the green coverall falls. The weight is on the Leader.

The Leader braces the weight. The frost is on the crack. The grating sounds are indistinct.

The Leader braces the weight.

‘Walk.’

There is the pulse in the green coverall. The pulse is uneven.

The Leader pulse is even.

‘The Northerner.’

The voice grates.

The Leader speaks: ‘The Northerner.’

The Leader braces the Northerner weight.

The Northerner weight. The pulse is even there.

‘The Enemy.’ The voice grates. The blue coverall arm rises.

‘The Enemy.’ The Leader voice is even.

‘The Enemy.’ The one in charge of the attack moves.

‘The Leader.’ The Leader voice is even.

The one in charge of the attack is still.

‘The Leader.’ The voice grates.

The Leader braces the weight.

‘Walk.’

The two pulses move out of phase. The Leader pulse is even. The Northerner pulse is uneven.

Out of phase.

‘The Leader.‘

The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The Northerner is in the couch. The frost is bright on the crack.

The Leader opens the visor. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. The Northerner. The visor. Cracked. Mark.’

‘The Leader. The visor. Open. The couch. Close.’ The voice echoes.

The visor grates. The frost is bright on the mouth. The skin is white and blue.

White and blue.

The Leader touches the frost. The mouth turns. The sound is indistinct.

‘The Leader.‘

The mouth is pink. The water is at the frost. The Leader touches the mouth.

The mouth pulses.

‘The Leader. Gorj. Gorj is the Leader. Mark.’ The eyes are blue.

‘Terkon.’ The voice pulse is uneven.

‘The Northerner.’

‘The Southerner.’ The voice pulse is uneven. Gorj touches the face. The coverall is white on the white skin.

The pulse is even there. The Northerner pulse. The Gorj pulse. The pulses are in phase.

The face moves. The pulse.

‘The Southerner.’

The eyes are big. Blue and white.

The pulses are even. The pulses go the long way. The pulses come the long way.

The pulses are deep. In phase.

‘The Leader. The couch. Close. Mark.’

The voice echoes.

The Leader closes the couch.

The eyes are blue there.

The eyes are definite.

The bips commence. The green light pulses.

The Leader lies in the couch. The couch closes.

The cabin is black. The green cones pulse at the ceiling. There is the hum.

The bips cluster. The bips cluster. The cluster is near. The green cones pulse at the ceiling. The light pulses.

The light is the cone at the ceiling.

The bips complete. The green cones pulse at the ceiling. The green cone is steady at the ceiling. The base is indistinct. The base is green black.

The yellow cones pulse near the green cone.

The green light goes out. The blue cones pulse near the yellow cones. There is the hum.

The lights are out of phase.

Gorj closes the lids.

The sky is black when the sun is below the horizon...

The bips complete. The circles complete. The light in the cabin is yellow.

The eyes are blue.

The coverall is green.

‘Terkon. Go. Mark.’ The voice echoes.

The visor is cracked.

The bips are the circles on the black. The circles are the clusters. The green cones pulse at the ceiling.

There are the lines. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. The lines go out there. The lines are near. The lines go out. Out. Out...

The light in the cabin is bright. The sunlight.

The pressure rises.

The yellow light is on the console.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. The battle screen.’ The voice echoes.

On the battle screen: The sectors are blue. The sectors are rimmed red.

‘The objective. The evacuation. The sectors indicated red. Mark.‘

The evacuation. The sectors indicated red.

The objective. The evacuation. The sectors indicated red.

‘Mark.‘

The pressure eases. The green light pulses. There is the hum.

On the screens: The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection. The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The yellow light goes out. The green light is steady.

The sectors are blue. The sectors are rimmed red.

The black screen is black.

The pressure eases.

The sky is blue. The paving is bright. The buildings are black. The wall is black. The towers are black. The sky is blue. The wall goes out. The towers go out. The wall goes out to the horizon.

The North.

The paving is black. The paving is bright. The pylons are bright. The windows are black. The pylons are black. The windows are bright.

The sky is blue. The sun is white. The paving is bright and black. The buildings are bright and black.

The green is muted on the horizon. The oxygen waste.

The cubic building is near. The tower is high. The tower is bright. The windows are black.

The low building is bright. The windows are high. The windows are black.

The vehicle moves at the tower.

The evacuation. The sectors indicated red.

The vehicle is blue. The discharger vehicle. The discharger instrument is bright.

The vehicle moves on the blue sky. The vehicle moves out of the window.

The bips commence. The green light pulses.

The indicated sectors are blue.

The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection.

The bips go out. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip.

The bips go out. Out. Out.

The cabin is black. The sunlight is on the window. There is the black and white. The bips go out. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip. Bip-bip.

The light in the cabin is the sunlight.

The building is high. The windows are bright in the black.

The paving is bright. There. The paving is the square. The building is bright. The pillars are bright. The black is at the pillars.

The paving is bright in the square. The blue vehicles are the nodes of black.

The grating is slight. The bips complete.

The Leader opens the couch. The cabin moves. The cabin is still.

The evacuation. The sectors indicated red.

On the battle screen: The indicated sectors are blue. The sectors are rimmed red.

The Leader closes the visor.

The entrance opens.

The visor is dark.

The building is low. The building is bright. The entrance is black. The windows are black.

‘The Leader.’

The one in the red coverall is in charge of the evacuation.

‘The evacuation.’

‘The evacuation. As indicated.’

The dust moves at the feet. The dust is bright. The dust moves in the clusters.

The discharger instrument is bright. The ladder is black.

The visor is clear.

The cabin is bright. The sky is blue.

The one in charge of the evacuation opens the visor.

The Leader opens the visor.

The seat closes.

‘The yellow sector. As indicated.’ The voice is even.

The one in the blue coverall touches the button on the console.

The hum is there.

The dust goes out to the low building. The dust is bright near the black paving.

The pylons are bright near the low building. The windows are black.

The voice grates: ‘The red sector. The evacuation. Complete. Mark.’

The one in charge of the evacuation touches the button on the seat. ‘Mark.’

‘Mark.’ The voice grates.

The sky is blue. The blue sky is even. The blue sky is near.

On the large screen: The indicated sectors are rimmed red. The indicated sectors are yellow white. The sector is green. The cluster of blue lights moves on the white. There is the cluster of blue lights on the yellow. The cluster of green lights moves on the green.

The Northerner vehicles.

‘The Leader. Now.’ The voice of the one in charge of the evacuation is even.

The paving is bright. The buildings are the nodes of black.

The flash is brilliant. The flash is on the horizon. The flash is brilliant.

On the large screen: The green lights move on the green.

The bright flashes are on the horizon.

The one in charge of the evacuation touches the button on the seat. ‘The yellow sector. The evacuation. Commence. Mark.‘

‘The yellow sector. The evacuation. Commence. Mark.’ The voice grates.

On the large screen: The cluster of blue lights move on the yellow.

The discharger vehicles are below. The light is bright. There are the bright flashes on the horizon.

‘The Leader. ‘

The voice of the one in charge of the evacuation is even.

‘The evacuation. As indicated. Mark.’

‘The evacuation. As indicated. Mark.’

The vehicle turns. The windows are dark. The discharger vehicles are there.

The windows are clear. The vehicle moves.

The sky is blue. The oxygen waste is on the horizon. The green is muted there. The boundary wall is bright.

The sky is even. The sky is near from horizon to horizon. The paving is bright from horizon to horizon. The buildings are the nodes of black. The towers cluster at the encompassing wall. The buildings are black. The windows are bright.

The green of the oxygen waste is muted. The horizon there is uneven.

‘The yellow sector. The evacuation. Complete. Mark.’ The voice grates.

The one in charge of the evacuation touches the button on the seat. ‘The yellow sector. The evacuation. Complete. Mark.’ The voice is even.

‘Mark.’ The voice grates. The vehicle descends. The pressure.

There is the cubic building. The tower is on the building. The windows are the line. The windows are bright on the black. The paving is bright. The square. There is the long building. The windows are bright in the black building.

The Leader vehicle is the node of black. The white flash is muted.

On the large screen: The indicated sector is white. The cluster of blue lights is on the white. The green lights move on the green.

The evacuation. The indicated sector is rimmed red.

The vehicle grates. The dust moves in the sunlight.

The Leader closes the visor. The visor clicks magnetically at the rim of the coverall.

‘As indicated.’ The voice grates.

‘As indicated.’ The Leader voice is even.

The entrance is open. The visor is dark. The dust moves at the ladder. The dust moves in clusters.

The paving is bright. The dust is bright.

‘The Leader.‘

The entrance opens.

The hum goes out. There.

The paving is the square. The paving is bright and even. There is the black at the pillars.

The sky is blue. The blue sky is even and near.

On the screens: The sun is high above the horizon of setting. The indicated sector is rimmed red. The flight projections are blue.

The black screen is black.

The entrance closes. The Leader opens the visor. The cabin is bright. The ceiling is even. The couches are white. The floor is blue.

The Leader presses the cluster of red lights on the console. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader.'

‘The Leader.’ The voice echoes.

‘The evacuation. As indicated. Mark.’

‘The evacuation. As indicated. Mark.’

The white coverall arm touches the console. The dust moves. The dust is bright in the sunlight.

The bips commence. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The Leader lies in the couch. The Leader closes the couch.

The green light pulses. The bips are the clusters. The clusters go out. The bips are the lines. The lines go out. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip.

The hum is at the line there. The line is the long way. The hum is on the black.

Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip-bip. Bip-bip...

The blue cone is on the black. The blue cone is there. The blue is on the black. The black is in the blue. The light is on the black.

The hum is black.

The light is uneven.

The hum is even.

The light is...is...unsteady. The pulse is uneven.

The black is steady.

The sky is black when the sun is below the horizon...

Bip. bip. bip. bip. Bip. bip. bip. bip. Bip. hip. bip. bip. Bip. bip. hip. hip.

The bips move in the lines. The lines are near. The lines are pulses. The lines are bright on the black.

The lines go out from here.

The light in the cabin is the sunlight.

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The sunlight.

The sky is blue from horizon to horizon.

The circle of the pylons.

The paving is bright. The pylons are bright. The towers are bright. The windows are black in the towers. The paving is black at the pylons.

The wall is the boundary. The wall is bright. The towers are in the wall. The towers are bright. The pylons go out to the wall. The pylons are the lines. The pylons go out from the Centre.

The lines are the Authority.

The pylons are the Square of Authority.

The Centre is the Centre of Authority.

The Centre is the Centre of the South.

The Centre is the Centre of the Leader.

Gorj is the Leader.

The couch opens.

On the screens: The sun is above the horizon of rising. The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection.

The black screen is black. The battle screen is black.

Gorj the Leader presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. ‘

‘The Leader.’ The voice echoes.

‘The battle objectives. Complete. Mark.’

‘The battle objectives. Complete. Mark.’

Gorj the Leader closes the visor.

The entrance opens.

The pylons go out to the wall. The black is long. The wall is bright on the horizon.

Here is the Centre of the South.

The visor is dark.

The sun is bright. The pylons are black. The wall is black.

The visor is clear.

The pylons are bright. The wall is bright.

The black is hidden from the sun.

‘The Leader.‘

The entrance opens. The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

The light in the room is yellow. On the large screen: The indicated sectors are red.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader.’ The voice echoes.

‘The Leader.‘

‘The battle objectives. Complete. The South has victory over the North. The South vanquishes the Enemy. Mark.’

‘Mark.‘

Gorj sits in the high seat. The light is blue. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. The visor.’

‘Mark.‘

The Leader Gorj opens the visor. There is the click.

There is the dust on the rim of the visor.

The skin moves.

The light is yellow.

The Leader Gorj speaks:

‘The battle objectives. Complete. The South has victory over the North. The South vanquishes the Enemy. The Enemy is white and blue.’

The yellow light goes out.

The light in the room is yellow.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader.‘

‘The Leader.‘

‘Go to the Home. Mark.’ The voice echoes.

‘Mark.‘

Gorj stands. The yellow light in the room is even. The large screen is black. The screens are black.

The room is still.

Gorj rolls the coverall down. The dust moves on the yellow light. The coverall is white.

The skin moves.

The skin is brown.

The Northerner is white and blue. The pulse is uneven.

The line goes out. The line is white on the black. The line goes out.

The floor is white.

The pulse is uneven.

The floor is steady.

The pulse goes out.

The floor is still. There is no phase.

The pulse goes out. The pulse is the flash. The flash is brilliant.

The pulse is the discharger. The pulse is uneven. The pulse is brilliant. The black comes and goes. The black is uneven.

The floor is steady.

The indistinct sound is brilliant. The sound is the long bright line.

There is the white.

The floor is white. The floor is even. There is no phase.

The long bright line goes out. The line goes out the long way. The line is the long line. The black is there.

‘Ping.’

'The Leader.’

The pulse is long. The pulse is red.

The red pulse is near.

‘Ping.’

'Gorj.'

Gorj.

The floor is steady. The floor is white.

The light in the room is steady. The yellow light is steady.

There is the resonant ping.

'Gorj.'

Gorj.

The sound is indistinct. The sound is near.

The skin is brown.

The skin is near.

There is the resonant ping.

'Gorj.'

Gorj.

Gorj is the Southerner.

Gorj is the Leader.

Gorj is...is...Gorj is near.

'Gorj is near.’

The sound is distinct.

'Gorj.' There is the echo on the voice. The voice is near the voice.

The voice is in phase.

‘The voice is in phase.'

'Gorj.' The voice is...near. The voice...is in phase.

Gorj stands. The skin is brown. The skin is near Gorj. The voice is in phase.

The body is unsteady. The weight is there. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj.’ The voice is in phase. The voice is... there.

Gorj is the light here. Gorj is red.

The skin is brown.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping. '

The voice is in phase. The voice is...'

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'...there.'

'Gorj.'

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping. The voice is there. The voice is the long way.

‘Gorj.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping. The voice is in phase with the voice.

Gorj is here.

Gorj is the line going out.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.'

'Gorj. Go to the Home.'

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.’

'Gorj. The voice is here.’

The voice is there. The black screen is white.

‘Gorj. The black screen.’

Gorj is unsteady. The weight is uneven.

'Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.'

The black screen is blue.

The sky is blue.

‘The sky is blue.’

The white light is at the centre of the blue.

'Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.'

The white light is even. The white light is near.

The sun cannot see the black.

'The sun cannot see the black.'

The light in the room is yellow. There is yellow from horizon to horizon.

Gorj is white.

The sky is blue.

'Gorj is here.’

The voice is in phase. The voice is there. Gorj is here. Gorj is white.

The Enemy is white and blue. The Enemy is uneven. The Northerner.

‘The Northerner is white and blue.'

The black screen is black.

There is the resonant ping.

'Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.'

'The Northerner is here. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase.’

There is the resonant ping.

'Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’

Mark. Go to the Home.

Gorj is black.

'Mark.‘

Gorj is here. There is the bright. The bright is here.

The sun cannot see the black.

The entrance opens.

The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is blue.

Gorj sits. The seat closes.

The hum is there.

Gorj is here. The bright is even.

The hum is there. Gorj is here.

The hum is black. There is no phase.

The great entrance irises open.

The window is dark.

The sun is bright.

The green light is steady.

Gorj is here. The green light is out of phase.

The bips. The bips are black. The bips are out of phase.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj.’ The voice is in phase with the sound.

There are two voices.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping. The sound goes out.

'Gorj.' There are two voices. The two voices are in phase.

‘The two voices are in phase.'

The voices are in phase. Gorj is here.

Here. There.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

The ping resonates here there.

'Gorj.'

Gorj is brilliant.

‘The voices. The colours.’

'Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.’

Here there is... Gorj is brilliant. The sun does not see the black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

Ping. Here there.

‘Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.’

The voices are there. Gorj is here.

The voices are black.

The voices are in phase.

Gorj is brilliant.

Gorj is here.

Gorj...

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

The ping goes there. The ping goes out here there.

'Gorj. Hold.’

Here there is...black.

‘The voices are black. Gorj is the discharger. Gorj is brilliant.’

The sun cannot see the black. The sun cannot see the black.

The paving is bright. The tower is bright. The black on the paving is long.

Gorj sees the black.

Gorj sees the sunlight and the black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

The ping is the line.

‘Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

Gorj goes out the line.

‘Gorj sees the bright and the black. The sun cannot see the black.'

The bright and the black are...black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

Gorj goes out the line.

‘The bright and the black are black.’

Gorj is black.

The ping goes out to Gorj.

‘Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.’

Gorj drives the hand on to the cluster of red lights.

‘Gorj is black.’

Gorj drives the hand on to the cluster of red lights.

'Gorj is black.’

The sky is black when the sun is below the horizon.

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

‘Go to the sun.'

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

‘Go to the sun.'

‘Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home. The Home is the Centre of Gorj.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights.

‘Go to the sun. Gorj is black.'

The window is dark. The sun is bright at the centre of the window.

The sun is bright.

‘The sun is bright.’

The sun is there. Gorj is here.

The seat is closed. The seat is closed.

The sound is near. The pulse is long. The pulse is bright.

The weight is there. Near the sound there is the pulse.

The weight goes out. The bright pulse is near. The pulse is the spark. The pulse moves moves.

The spark is near.

Gorj is the spark.

The sound is Gorj.

Gorj is brilliant.

Gorj is the sun.

Gorj drives the two hands on to the cluster of red lights.

‘Ping.’

‘Gorj is the sun.’

The sun is bright in the window.

Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there.

‘Gorj. Hold. Sit. Now.’

Gorj is there. Gorj is the sun.

The sun is brilliant.

Gorj drives the two hands on to the cluster of red lights.

‘Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there.'

There is the brilliant.

Gorj discharges the light.

There is no black. There is no...

Gorj drives the two hands on to the cluster of red lights. ‘There is no here.’

The console is unsteady...

The light in the room is white.

The body warms.

Symer speaks: ‘Report.’

The Machine speaks in the couch:

‘Dysfunction. The Leader.’

The light is bright.

‘The details.’

‘The Leader. The attack cycle. The primary contact. The Northerner. The Leader. The dysfunction. The Leader action. Noninstrumental.’

‘The World Pattern.’

‘The World Pattern functions.’

‘The World Battle cycle.’

‘The World Battle cycle. Complete.’

‘Hold.’

‘Hold.’

Symer opens the couch. The couch is steady.

Symer speaks: ‘The record.’

‘The record. One. The primary contact. The record. Two. The Leader. The action.’

Symer sits at the console.

'The record. One.’

‘The record. One. The black screen.'

On the black screen: The light is white. The one in the white coverall. The one in the red coverall. The one in the blue coverall. There is the one in the green coverall. The one in the green coverall falls. The one in the white coverall braces the weight. The one in the blue coverall raises the arm. The one in the red coverall moves. The one in the white coverall braces the weight. The one in the white coverall and the one in the green coverall walk to the Leader vehicle. The two go into the Leader vehicle. The Leader vehicle ascends.

‘The attack cycle.’

‘The attack cycle. Complete.’

‘The Leader battle cycle.’

‘The Leader battle cycle. Complete.’

The skin moves.

‘The primary contact.’

‘The primary contact.’

‘The extreme boundary condition.’

‘The extreme boundary condition.’

The extreme boundary condition. Black.

‘The sound record.’

‘No sound record.’

The light in the room is white.

‘The record. Two.’

‘The record. Two. The sections. One. Two. Three. The section. One. Now. The black screen.’

On the black screen:

The Leader sits. The Leader speaks: ‘The battle objectives. Complete. The South has victory over the North. The South vanquishes the Enemy. The Enemy is white and blue.’ The Leader raises the head.

The black screen is black.

The Enemy is green.

The extreme boundary condition.

‘The section. Two.’

‘The section. Two. The black screen.’

On the black screen: The Leader rolls the coverall down. The Leader sees the coverall. The Leader sees the body. The Leader raises the head. The Leader falls. The Leader sees the floor. The Leader screams. The Leader sees the floor. The Leader screams. The Leader sees the wall. The Leader screams. The Leader makes the sound. 'Gorj.' The Leader raises the head. 'Gorj.' The Leader makes the sound. 'Gorj.' ‘Gorj is near.’ ‘Gorj.’ The Leader raises the head. ‘The voice is in phase.’ ‘Gorj.’ The Leader stands. ‘Gorj.’ The Leader sees the body. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘The voice is in phase. The voices is.' The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘There.’ 'Gorj.' The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.’ ‘Gorj. Go to the Home.’ The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. 'Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.’ ‘Gorj. The voice is here.’ ‘Gorj_. The black screen.’ The Leader walks. The Leader is unsteady. ‘Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.’ The Leader sees the black screen. The black screen is blue. ‘The sky is blue.’ On the black screen the sun is at the centre of the blue sky. 'Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.’ ‘The sun cannot see the black.’ The Leader turns the head. ‘Gorj is here.’ ‘The Northerner is white and blue.’ The black screen is black. ‘Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ ‘The Northerner is here. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase.’ ‘Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ ‘Mark.’ The Leader walks to the entrance.

The black screen is black.

The Leader is going out. The extreme boundary condition. Gorj is in phase.

‘The section. Three.’

‘The section. Three. Sound. Now.

“Gorj.”

“The two voices are in phase.”

“Gorj.”

“The voices. The colours.”

“Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.”

“Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.”

“Gorj. Hold.”

“The voices are black. Gorj is the discharger. Gorj is brilliant.”

“Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.”

“Gorj sees the bright and the black. The sun cannot see the black.”

“The bright and the black are black.”

“Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home.”

“Gorj is black.”

“Gorj is black.”

“Go to the sun.”

“Go to the sun.”

“Gorj. Hold. Go to the Home. The Home is the Centre of Gorj.”

“Go to the sun. Gorj is black.”

“The sun is bright.”

“Gorj is the sun.”

“Gorj. Hold. Sit. Now.”

“Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there.”

“There is no here.”

The Section. Three. Complete. The record. Two. Complete.’

Gorj is black. The extreme boundary condition.

Gorj is the sun. The centre.

There is no here. Gorj is there.

‘Gorj is black. Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there. There is no here.

The skin moves.

'Gorj is black. Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there. There is no here.’

‘Record. The analysis. One. The extreme boundary condition. The extreme reaction. The boundary. The anticentre.’

‘Record. The analysis. One. The extreme boundary condition. The extreme reaction. The boundary. The anticentre.’

‘Record. The action. One.’

‘Record. The action. One.’

The light in the room is white.

The extreme boundary condition is black. The boundary condition is blue.

‘Record. The action. One. The boundary blue.’

‘Record. The action. One. The boundary blue.’

‘The Leader. The actual status.’

‘The Leader. The actual status. The Leader vehicle. Go to the Home. The black screen. Now.’

On the black screen: The light in the cabin is blue. The Leader is on the floor. The Leader is still.

The black screen is black. Symer stands.

‘The Home. Prepare. The boundary blue. The action. One. Implement. Now. Mark.’

‘The Home. Prepare. The boundary blue. The action. One. Implement. Now. '

Symer rolls the coverall up.

The coverall is black.

The entrance irises open. The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

Symer lies in the couch.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights in the couch.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The couch. Raise.’

The couch rises. Symer presses the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Symer. Orbital. The flight objective. The Gorj Home.’

‘Orbital. The flight objective. The Gorj Home. The pressure. Prepare.'

‘Mark.

The green light pulses.

Symer closes the couch.

The sky is black.

The extreme boundary condition is black.

The yellow light pulses.

The pressure rises.

The blue light pulses.

There is the hum.

The hum vibrates...

The black condition.

The Leader.

The pressure rises.

The hum vibrates...

The rim of the world is white.

The centre is white.

The light is blue.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The white light.’

‘The white light.’

The light in the cabin is white. The rim of the world is white.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Search.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Search.’

‘The Archive instruction. Reference. The anticentre.’

The sky is black. The rim of the world is white.

‘The relevance.’

The extreme boundary condition is black.

‘The Leader. At the anticentre.’

‘The Leader. The oscillation. Reference. The World Agent analysis. Reference. The World Agent action. One. The Home. Prepare. The boundary blue. Mark.’

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Repeat. Search. Mark.

‘Repeat. The relevance.’

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. The relevance. The Leader in oscillation. The actual status. The anticentre. The oscillation. The halfcycle. One. The extreme boundary condition. The halfcycle. Two. The anticentre. The World Agent action. Two. The centre. Definition.’

‘The centre is white.’

The window is dark. The sun is bright. The world turns.

‘The World Machine. The terms. Quote: Here. Quote: There. Definition.’

'Reference. Quote: Here. Quote: There. The terms of relation centred on the monitor.'

‘The World Machine. Reference. The Leader record. Quote. One: Gorj is there. Quote. Two: There is no here. The terms. Quote: There. Quote: Here. Reference. The Leader record. Definition..’

‘The terms. The relation. The centre. The centre relation. The Leader relation. Here. There.’

‘The World Machine. Reference. The relation. Here. There. Reference. The Leader record. The relation. Instrumental.’

‘The relation. Here. There. Reference. The Leader record. Noninstrumental.’

‘The World Machine. Reference. The Leader record. The instrumental reference. The relation. Here. There. Definition.’

Gorj is there.

The sun is on the black sky.

Gorj is the sun.

The extreme boundary condition is black.

The sun is on the blue sky. The boundary blue.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Search. The Archive instruction. Reference. The anticentre. Quote: The anticentre is experienced as reaction to the extreme boundary condition. No actual content_. Relapse to the extreme boundary condition. Condition of oscillation. Closed cycle.’

The closed cycle. There is no here. The skin moves.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Definition.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Definition.’

'The Leader record. Quote: There is no here. Definition.’

'Quote. There is no here. Definition. Noninstrumental.’

‘The World Machine. Quote: There is no here. Reference. The Leader record. The context. Definition.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Reference. The Leader record. The context.'

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. One. Two. Reference. The large screen. The Leader utterances. Array. The sequence. Number.'

Symer presses the button on the couch.

The couch turns the halfcircle.

The world is bright in the window.

The green oxygen wastes are muted.

The boundary.

The Northerner.

The primary contact.

On the large screen:

THE SECTION. ONE.
1 THE ENEMY IS WHITE AND BLUE.

THE SECTION. TWO.
2 GORJ IS NEAR.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
5 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
6 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
7 THE SKY IS BLUE.
8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
9 THE NORTHERNER IS WHITE AND BLUE.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

‘Reference. The large screen. The display. Hold.’

'Reference. The large screen. The display. Hold.’

'Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Two. Reference. The large screen. The display.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Two. Reference. The large screen. The display.‘

The primary contact.

The anticentre.

No content.

The extreme boundary condition.

The closed cycle. No content.

The extreme boundary condition. No content.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The yellow screen.’

‘The yellow screen.'

The yellow screen is bright.

'Reference. The analysis. Two. Reference. The yellow screen. Array. The headings. The boundary. The centre. The anticentre.'

On the yellow screen:

THE BOUNDARY THE CENTRE THE ANTICENTRE
‘Reference. The heading. Quote: The boundary. List. The numbers. Five. Thirteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Twenty. Reference. The heading. Quote: The centre. List. The numbers. Two. Five. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Thirteen. Twentyone. Twentytwo. Twentythree. Reference. The Heading. Quote: The anticentre. List. The numbers. Fourteen. Twentythree.’

On the yellow screen:

Gorj is in phase.

The cycles. The oscillation.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Three. The two cycles. The cycle. One. The utterances. One to ten. The cycle. Two. The utterances. Ten to twentythree.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Three. The two cycles. The cycle. One. The utterances. One to ten. The cycle. Two. The utterances. Ten to twentythree.'

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'The yellow screen. The lists. Divide. The numbers. One to ten. The actual status. The heading. The cycle. One. The numbers. Ten to twentythree. The heading. The cycle. Two.

On the yellow screen:

‘Reference. The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Four. Reference. The yellow screen. The lists. The cycles. One. Two.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Four. Reference. The yellow screen. The lists. The cycles. One. Two.’

The sun cannot see the black. Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there.

The sun is an the sky. The sky is blue.

The boundary is blue.

There is no here.

No here.

The sun is bright in the window.

The sky is black.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Reference. The Leader record.‘

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Reference. The Leader record.’

‘Reference. Quote: The Leader record. The context. Definition.’

‘Reference. Quote: The Leader record. The context. Definition.’

'The analysis. Two. The utterance. Fourteen. Part. Quote: The sun cannot see the black. The utterance. Twentytwo. Quote: Gorj is the sun_. The utterance. Twentythree. Quote: Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there. Reference. The Leader record. The context. Definition. The sun is the anticentre.’

‘The sun is the centre.’

‘Acknowledge. The sun is at the centre of the sky. The sky is blue.’

‘Acknowledge. The sun is at the centre of the sky. The sky is blue.’

'Acknowledge. The boundary is blue.’

‘Acknowledge. The boundary is blue.’

‘Reference. Quote: Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there. Acknowledge. Gorj is the sun. The sun is the boundary. The sun is the anticentre.’

'Acknowledge. Quote: Gorj is the sun. Reference. Quote: The sun is the boundary. No reference. The Leader record.’

‘Acknowledge. Quote: The sun cannot see the black.’

'Acknowledge. Quote: The sun cannot see the black.’

‘Acknowledge. Quote: The utterance. Fourteen. Gorj sees the bright and the black.’

'Acknowledge. The utterance. Fourteen. Quote: Gorj sees the bright and the black.’

‘The context. Quote: Gorj is the sun. Quote: The sun cannot see the black. Quote: Gorj sees the bright and the black. The definition. Gorj is the sun. The Gorj sun is the anticentre. The sun cannot see the black. Gorj sees the bright and the black. The Gorj sun is the antisun. The antisun. Boundary black. The antisun is the anticentre.’

‘Reference. The definition. Quote: The antisun. No definition.’.

'Reference. The Archive instruction. The anticentre is the reaction to the extreme boundary condition. The condition of oscillation. The closed cycle. The antisun. Definition. The actual status. The antisun is the sun as the boundary.'

'Reference. The Archive instruction. Quote.: The anticentre is experienced as reaction to the extreme boundary condition. No actual content. Repeat. Quote: The antisun. No definition.’

‘Reference. The Archive instruction. Quote: The closed cycle. The definition. The extreme boundary condition. No actual content. Quote: The extreme boundary condition. No definition. Inference. The extreme boundary condition. The anticentre. Common status. One. No actual content. Two. No definition.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Quote: The Archive instruction. The World Pattern functions. The World Context. The blue boundary. The World Experience. The sun is the centre. The World Pattern functions. The extreme boundary condition. The World Context dysfunction. The oscillation. The World Experience dysfunction. The halfcycle. The extreme boundary condition. The halfcycle. The anticentre. The extreme boundary condition. Black. The oscillation. Black. The anticentre. Black. The common status. The extreme boundary condition. The anticentre. Black. The context. The extreme boundary condition. The oscillation. The World Pattern functions. The actual content. The World Context dysfunction. The boundary is black. The World Experience dysfunction. The sun is black. The function dysfunction. The oscillation. The Archive instruction. Complete.’

Gorj is there. The Leader is bright.

There is no here.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Acknowledge. The Archive instruction. Reference. The Leader record. Quote: The utterance. Twentythree. Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there. Quote: The utterance. Twentyone. The sun is bright. Reference. The Archive instruction. Quote: The World Experience dysfunction. The sun is black. Reference. The context. The Leader record. Definition. Gorj is the sun. The sun Is bright. The anticentre is bright. The Leader experience dysfunction. Definition. The extreme boundary condition is black. The anticentre is bright. The actual content. The Leader experience dysfunction. The Archive instruction. Quote: The sun is black. Contradiction.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Reference. Quote: The Leader experience dysfunction. No actual content. The World Pattern. The actual content. The World Pattern functions. Reference. The Leader World Context dysfunction. Reference. The Leader record. The utterance. Fifteen. Quote: The bright and the black are black. Reference. The Archive instruction. Quote: The extreme boundary condition. The anticentre. The oscillation. Black. The Leader context dysfunction. Reference. The World Agent action. One. Quote: The boundary blue. The Gorj Home. Prepare. The boundary blue. Reference. The large screen.’

On the large screen: The light in the room is blue. The Leader lies in the couch. The monitor is at the neck. The nutrition links are at the arm. The extractor is at the torso.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Reference. The World Agent action. One. The action. Operative. Instrumental. Reference. The Archive instruction. Action is instrumental. The objective. The World Context. Maintain. The boundary blue. The World Agent analysis. Noninstrumental. Reference. The Leader dysfunction. The instrumental analysis. Reference. The World Context. Maintain. The boundary blue.’

On the large screen: The light in the room is blue. The Leader lies in the couch. The monitor is at the neck. The nutrition links are at the arm. The extractor is at the torso.

The light in the Home is blue. The boundary blue.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge. The World Agent action. One. Operative. The boundary blue.’

The Leader is bright. The light in the Home is blue.

The boundary. Definition. The World Context.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Acknowledge. The World Agent action. One. Operative. The boundary blue.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Go to the Home. Mark.'

The sun is the boundary. Gorj is there.

There is no here.

The action. One. Operative. The boundary blue.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Go to the Home. Mark.'

Gorj is there. There is no here.

No here. Not here.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Go to the Home. Mark.’

‘Go to the Home. Mark. The orbit. The arc. The degrees. Two. Seven. Two.'

‘The orbit. Maintain.’

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The world is bright.

Here. There.

The world is there. Symer is here.

Symer is not here.

Symer is here.

Symer is no here.

There is no here.

There is no here.

Gorj is there. Gorj sees the bright and the black. The sun cannot see the black.

The antisun sees the black.

The antisun sees the bright and the black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

The world is bright. The sky is black.

Symer sees the bright and the black.

There is no here.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The large screen. Display.’

On the large screen:

THE ALALYSIS. TWO

THE SECTION. ONE.
1 THE ENEMY IS WHITE AND BLUE.

THE SECTION. TWO.
2 GORJ IS NEAR.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
5 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
6 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
7 THE SKY IS BLUE.
8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
9 THE NORTHERNER IS WHITE AND BLUE.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

'The large screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The large screen. The display.'

The voice is there. Gorj is here.

Instrumental.

The Northerner is here. Gorj is here.

Noninstrumental.

Gorj is there. Gorj is here.

Noninstrumental.

There is no here. Gorj is here.

Noninstrumental.

The voice is there. Gorj is here. Gorj is there. There is no here.

The voice is there. Gorj is here.

Gorj is there. There is no here.

The voice is there. The sun is there.

Gorj is here. There is no here.

Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.

The voice is there.

Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there.

On the yellow screen:

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The blue screen.’

‘The blue screen.’

The blue screen is bright.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. Two. Reference. The blue screen. List. The Leader utterances. Numbers. Three. Four. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen.’

On the blue screen:

3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.

The voice is in phase. The two voices are in phase.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The analysis. Two. Reference. The display. The blue screen. List. The Leader utterance. Ten.’

On the blue screen:

3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS. . .THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

The voice is in phase. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase. The two voices are in phase.

The Northerner and Gorj are in phase.

The Northerner is here. Gorj is here.

The Northerner and Gorj are here. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase.

The voice is there. The voice is in phase. The voices are in phase.

The voice. The voices.

The voice. The Machine.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'The Leader record. The record. Two. The Section. Two. Repeat.’

On the black screen: The Leader rolls the coverall down. The Leader sees the coverall. The Leader sees the body. The Leader raises the head. The Leader falls. The Leader sees the floor. The Leader screams. The Leader sees the floor. The Leader screams. The Leader sees the wall. The Leader screams. The Leader makes the sound. ‘Gorj.’ The Leader raises the head. 'Gorj.' The Leader makes the sound. ‘Gorj.’ ‘Gorj is near.’ 'Gorj.' The Leader raises the head. ‘The voice is in phase.’ 'Gorj.' The Leader stands. 'Gorj.' The Leader sees the body. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘The voice is in phase. The voice is.’ The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘There.’ ‘Gorj.’ The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.’ ‘Gorj. Go to the Home.’ The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. ‘Gorj is here. Gorj is going out.’ 'Gorj. The voice is here.’. ‘Gorj. The black screen.’ The Leader walks. The Leader is unsteady. ‘Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.’ The Leader see the black screen. The black screen is blue. ‘The sky is blue.’ On the black screen the sun is at the centre of the blue sky. ‘Gorj. The black screen. Gorj is here.’ ‘The sun cannot see the black.’ The Leader turns the head. ‘Gorj is here.’ ‘The Northerner is white and blue.’ The black screen is black. ‘Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ The Northerner is here. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase.’ 'Gorj. Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ ‘Mark.’ The Leader walks to the entrance.

The black screen is black.

The voice is here. The voice is there. The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. The voice is there. The voice is in phase.

The voice is there. Gorj is here.

The relation. Instrumental.

Gorj is going out. Gorj speaks.

The action. Instrumental.

Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there.

The action. Instrumental.

Gorj speaks to the Machine.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The display. Hold.’

‘The display. Hold.’

Symer speaks to the Machine.

Symer is here. The Machine is there.

Symer is going out.

Symer is going out.

Symer sees the bright and the black.

The world is bright. The sky is black.

The voice is in phase. Gorj is in phase.

The phase. The cycle.

In phase. In phase.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The definition.’

‘The definition.’

‘The definition. Quote: In phase.’

‘The definition. Quote: In phase. The coincidence of the cycles.’

The coincidence of the cycles.

The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase.

The two voices are in phase.

In phase. The relation. Instrumental.

The Northerner. The relation. Gorj.

The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The relation.

The voices are in phase. The relation.

The voices speak.

The utterance. Ten. The oscillation_. One. Complete.

The utterance. Ten. The oscillation. Two. Commence.

The relation.

The experience.

The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The relation. Gorj and the Northerner are in phase.

The centre. The anticentre. The anticentre. The anticentre is the relation. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. One. Reference. The blue screen. The display. Reference. The blue screen. The display. Array. The headings. The voice. The phase. The relation.’

'Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. One. Reference. The blue screen. The display. Reference. The blue screen. The display. Array. The headings. The voice. The phase. The relation.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Three. The sequence. The voice is in phase. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase. The voices are in phase. The oscillation. One. Complete. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The Leader and the Northerner are in relation. The centre and the anticentre are in relation. The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation.'

'Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Three. The sequence. The voice is in phase. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase. The voices are in phase. The oscillation. One. Complete. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The Leader and the Northerner are in relation. The centre and the anticentre are in relation. The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation.’

The two voices are in phase. The two voices speak.

The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The Northerner and Gorj speak.

The speech is the action. The action is instrumental.

The Northerner and Gorj speak. The objective.

In phase. The coincidence of the cycles. The two cycles.

The Northerner cycle. The Leader cycle. The coincidence.

The objective.

The Northerner cycle. The Leader cycle. The coincidence.

The primary contact.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. Repeat.’

On the black screen: The light is white. The one in the white coverall. The one in the red coverall. The one in the blue coverall. There is the one in the green coverall. The one in the green coverall falls. The one in the white coverall braces the weight. The one in the blue coverall raises the arm. The one in the red coverall moves. The one in the white coverall braces the weight. The one in the white coverall and the one in the green coverall walk to the Leader vehicle. The two go into the Leader vehicle. The Leader vehicle ascends.

The black screen is black.

The primary contact. The Leader arm. The Northerner body. There is the resonant ping.

‘The orbit. Complete. The degrees. Ten. The pressure. Prepare. Mark. ‘

‘Mark. The degrees. Five. Mark.’

‘The degrees. Five. Mark.’

No speech.

The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle.

The Leader and the Northerner are in phase.

The primary contact.

The Leader World Experience dysfunction.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Four. Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. The primary contact. The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle. The primary contact. Operative. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The Leader World Experience dysfunction.'

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Four. Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. The primary contact. The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle. The primary contact. Operative. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The Leader World Experience dysfunction.’

No speech.

The voices are in phase.

The voices. The colours.

The voices are black.

The colours. Black. The colour.

The Northerner is white and blue. The Leader is bright. The colours.

Black. The extreme boundary condition.

The voices are in phase. The voices are black. The extreme boundary condition.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The degrees. Five. Mark. The pressure. Prepare. Now. Mark.'

‘Mark.'

The couch turns the halfcircle.

The sky is black.

The rim of the world is bright.

The pressure rises.

The hum vibrates...

The sky is black.

The sun cannot see the black.

Symer sees the black.

The grating is slight.

The couch opens.

The entrance opens.

The cabin is unsteady.

Symer is unsteady. The Northerner is unsteady. The Leader is unsteady.

Symer sees the bright and the black.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is white.

Symer sits at the console.

The voices are black. The Northerner is white and blue. The Leader is bright.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The yellow screen. The analysis. Five. The section. One. Display.’

Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The yellow screen. The analysis. Five. The section. One. Display.’

On the yellow screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. THE SECTION. ONE.
THE VOICE. THE PHASE. THE RELATION.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE . THE VOICE IS...THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

The voices are black. Gorj is the discharger. Gorj is brilliant.

Gorj is the discharger.

The discharger.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. The discharger instrument. The function. The definition.’

'Reference. The discharger instrument. The function. The definition. The discharger instrument. The function_. The static charge. The bolt. Discharge. The battle instrument.’

The bolt. Discharge.

Gorj is going out.

The bolt is brilliant.

Gorj is brilliant.

Gorj is the sun. The sun is the centre.

The two voices are black. Gorj is the sun.

The two voices are in phase. The Northerner is in phase. The Leader is in phase.

The two voices are black. Gorj is going out. Gorj is the sun.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The section. Three. The large screen. Display.'

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The section. Three. The large screen. Display.’

On the large screen:

THE ANALYSIS. TWO.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

Gorj sees the bright and the black. The sun cannot see the black.

The bright and the black are black.

Gorj is black.

The halfcycle. The centre. The extreme boundary condition. Black.

Go to the sun. Gorj is black. The sun is bright. Gorj is the sun.

The halfcycle. The extreme boundary condition. The centre. The sun.

Gorj is there. Gorj is the sun.

There is no here.

There is no here.

Gorj is there. There is no here.

The relation. Here. There.

The Northerner and the Leader are in phase. The halfcycle. One. Complete.

Gorj is there. There is no here. The halfcycle. Two. Complete.

The Northerner.

The Northerner.

The primary contact.

The Northerner is no here.

The Northerner is not here.

No Northerner. No here.

Gorj is there. Gorj is the sun.

The Northerner is the antisun.

The Northerner is the anticentre.

The World Context dysfunction. The boundary is black. No here.

The Northerner is the boundary. The Northerner is not here.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Five. Reference. The analysis. Four. The cycle. Two. The sequence. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. Gorj is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The cycle. One. Complete. Here. There. The relation. Gorj is there. There is no here. The Northerner is not here. The Northerner is the anticentre. The World Context dysfunction.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. The section. Five. Reference. The analysis. Four. The cycle. Two. The sequence. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. Gorj is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The cycle. One. Complete. Here. There. The relation. Gorj is there. There is no here. The Northerner is not here. The Northerner is the anticentre. The World Context dysfunction.’

The light in the room is white.

The coverall is black.

Symer sees the bright and the black.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

Symer rolls the coverall down. The skin moves.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue screen. Display. Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Record.’

On the blue screen:

THE LEADER GOES OUT TO THE NORTHERNER.
SYMER SPEAKS TO THE MACHINE. RECORD.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue screen. The display. Hold pending quote: Clear screen.’

‘Reference. The blue screen. The display. Hold pending quote: Clear screen.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. Reference. Symer presses the cluster of red lights. The Machine speaks quote: The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Five. The action. One. Record. The Machine.

‘Record. Reference. Symer presses the cluster of red lights. The Machine speaks quote: The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Five. The action. One. Record. The Machine.’

Symer lies in the couch.

The couch closes.

The light in the room is blue.

Symer sees the bright and the black.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

The monitor is at the neck.

Symer speaks...

The light in the room is blue. The voice in the couch echoes:

‘The Leader. The attack. The battle screen. Mark.’

The couch opens.

The room moves. The room is still. On the screens:

The sun is below the horizon of rising. The indicated sectors are green.

The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader.’

‘The Leader.’ The voice echoes.

‘The attack. Commence. Mark.’

‘The attack. Commence. Mark. The objective. One. The sectors rimmed blue.’

On the battle screen: The sectors are rimmed blue.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The light in the room is blue.

The coverall is on the console.

The coverall is white.

The light in the room is blue.

The Leader rolls the coverall up.

The skin is brown.

The coverall is white. The light in the room is blue.

There is black in the blue.

The light on the console is blue.

The Leader sits at the console.

The light on the console is yellow.

‘The attack. The attack on the North commences. The objective. One. The sectors rimmed blue. Vanquish the Northerner. Vanquish the Enemy. '

The yellow light goes out.

Black.

The indicated sectors are green.

The Enemy is green.

The South is blue.

The sky is blue.

The coverall is white.

The visor is on the console.

The Leader puts the visor on the head. The visor clicks magnetically at the rim of the coverall.

The skin moves.

The Leader presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. The inspection schedule.'

‘The Leader. The inspection schedule. Mark.’

‘The inspection schedule. One. The attack. Two. The evacuation. The objective. The objectives indicated. Complete. Mark.'

‘The inspection schedule. One. The attack. Two. The evacuation. The objective. The objectives indicated. Complete. Mark.‘ The voice echoes.

The sun is on the horizon of rising.

The indicated sectors are green. The indicated sectors are rimmed blue.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is on the horizon of rising.

The coverall is white.

The Leader.

The light in the room is blue.

The sky is blue.

The sun is white.

The black is in the blue.

The entrance opens. The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is blue.

The black is in the blue.

The entrance closes.

The Leader lies in the couch.

The green light pulses.

The bips commence. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The Leader closes the couch.

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The green light pulses.

The light in the cabin is blue.

The black is in the blue.

There is the hum.

The great entrance irises open.

The light in the window is red.

The sun is red.

The paving is red. The buildings are red.

The paving is black.

The sun cannot see the black.

The bips are the lines. The lines go out. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip.

The lines are bright. The lines go out to the black.

Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

The Leader closes the lids.

The pressure rises.

The line goes out. Out. Out.

Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip...

The black. The black is...is... The black...is.

...bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip...

The blue light is on the black.

The black is in the blue.

There is the pressure.

There is the hum.

The sky is black.

The yellow light pulses. The blue light is steady. ‘The yellow cones pulse. The blue light is steady.

The lights are out of phase.

There is the hum.

The sky is black.

The sky is black when the sun is below the horizon.

On the screen: The sun is near the horizon of rising.

On the battle screen: The indicated sectors are green. The indicated sectors are rimmed blue.

On the flight screen: The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is near the horizon of rising.

There is the cluster of white lights.

The sky is black.

The yellow light is steady.

The pressure eases.

The white is in the yellow cone of light.

The white and the yellow are in phase.

There is the vibration.

The green light pulses. The yellow light is steady.

The pressure rises.

The sky is black.

The yellow is in the green.

The yellow light goes out.

The green light is steady. The cone of green light is on the black.

The yellow and the green are in phase.

The black is in the green at the base of the cone.

The bips commence. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The bips are the circles. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

The circles are yellow.

Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip. Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

The green light pulses. The cones of green light are on the black.

The bips are the lines. Bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip. Bip, bip.

The lines are near.

There is the red light at the horizon. The buildings are black in the red light.

The circle of white lights is near. The paving is bright.

There is the flash on the horizon. The flash is brilliant. On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is red on the horizon.

The flashes on the horizon are brilliant. The buildings are bright there.

The paving is bright.

The white light is the squares in the cabin.

The grating is slight.

The light in the cabin is blue.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader.’ The voice echoes.

‘The Leader.’

‘The attack. Operative. Mark.’

‘The attack. Operative. Mark.’

The couch opens.

The cabin moves. The cabin is still.

On the screens:

The sun is on the horizon of rising.

The indicated sectors are green. The indicated sectors are rimmed blue.

The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection. The red light pulses at the centre of the circle of yellow light.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is on the horizon of rising.

The sun is red at the buildings.

The Leader drives the two hands at the black screen.

Gorj is brilliant. The sound is red.

The sun is red.

Gorj drives the two hands at the black screen.

Gorj is the discharger. Gorj goes out.

The sound is red.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

Gorj goes out.

Gorj drives the hand on to the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping_.

The ping is the line. The line goes out.

The line is black.

‘The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.'

‘The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.'

‘The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.’

‘The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.’

Gorj drives the hand on to the cluster of red lights.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.'

‘The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.'

‘The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky.'

‘The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky.'

The voice echoes.

The two voices. The voices are in phase.

The voices are black.

Gorj sits.

The white light is bright on the rim of the window.

The sun is red. The buildings are black.

The sky is red.

The sun is red.

On the black screen: The sun is white. The sky is blue.

Gorj drives the two hands at the black screen.

There is the brilliance. The sound is red.

'Not here. Not here. Not here.’

The sound is bright.

Gorj drives the two hands on to the cluster of red lights.

Gorj goes out the ping.

Black.

‘The voices. Black. Not here. Mark.’

‘The voices. Black. Not here. Mark.’

Gorj drives the two hands on to the cluster of red lights. Gorj sees the line to the black.

‘The voices. The black screen. The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Mark.'

‘The Leader.’

The voice is one.

Gorj sees the black.

‘The Leader. Acknowledge.’

‘Acknowledge.'

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj sees the black.

Gorj sits on the couch.

On the black screen: The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

On the horizon the sun is red.

The sky is red.

The white light rims the window.

On the screen: The sun is above the horizon of rising.

The sun is red.

Gorj stands.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sun is red. The sky is red. Mark.’

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'The sun is red. The sky is red. Mark.’

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sun is red. The sky is red.'

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sun is red. The sky is red. Mark.’

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj sits on the couch.

On the black screen: The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The light in the cabin is bright.

The sun is above the horizon of rising.

The sky is blue.

The sun is white in the blue sky.

‘The Leader. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

Gorj is black.

Gorj is the sun. Gorj is there.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voice. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky. Acknowledge.’

‘The voices. The black screen. The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Mark.’

The voice echoes.

The voices. Black.

On the black screen: The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is above the horizon of rising. The sun is white. The sky is blue.

Gorj is there.

Gorj closes the visor. There is the click.

The entrance opens.

The vapour moves in the sunlight.

The paving is bright.

The vehicles are blue.

The building is black.

The one in the red coverall is in charge of the attack.

‘The Leader. The attack. Operative.’

The voice grates. The vehicle on the paving.

‘The attack. Operative.’

The building is long. The black is at the pillars.

‘The objective. The sectors rimmed blue. Mark.’

‘The objective. The sectors rimmed blue. Mark.’ The voice grates.

‘The attack.’

‘The attack.’

The one in the red coverall walks.

The dust moves. The dust is bright.

The Leader walks.

The vehicle is bright. The ladder is bright.

The sun cannot see the black.

Gorj sees the black.

The window is clear.

The pylon is bright. The windows are black.

‘The attack. The sectors rimmed blue.'

The voice grates.

‘The attack. The sectors rimmed blue. Mark.’

The Leader sits. Gorj sits. Gorj is the Leader.

The one in the blue coverall presses the green button on the console.

The one in the red coverall opens the visor.

The skin is black.

The hum is there.

The seat closes.

The one in the blue coverall presses the yellow button on the console.

The one in the blue coverall goes out.

The sky is blue. The buildings are bright. The paving is bright.

The windows in the tower are black.

The sun sees the black.

The one in the blue coverall presses the blue button on the console.

The hum is there. The pressure rises.

The vehicle goes out.

The paving is bright from horizon to horizon. The buildings are the nodes of black.

The windows are black.

Gorj speaks: ‘The sun sees the black.’

The flashes are brilliant in the sunlight.

‘The large screen.' The voice is even.

‘The large screen.’ The voice is even.

Gorj is uneven.

On the large screen:

The indicated sectors are green. The indicated sectors are rimmed blue. The green lights are the cluster. The blue lights are the cluster. The blue lights move.

The bright buildings move on the bright paving.

The blue sky is still from horizon to horizon.

Gorj is uneven.

The sun is white. The sun is black.

The sun sees the black.

The flashes are brilliant in the sunlight.

The blue lights move. The green lights are still.

The Northerner.

'Discharge.'

'Discharge.'

The voice is even.

The one in the blue coverall presses the black button on the console.

The blue sparks flash on the rim of the window.

'Discharge.'

'Discharge.'

The one in the blue coverall presses the black button on the console.

The blue sparks flash on the rim of the window. The one in the blue coverall goes out.

'Discharge.'

'Discharge.'

The one in the blue coverall presses the black button on the console.

The blue sparks flash on the rim of the window.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The rim blue. Mark.’ There is the echo.

‘The rim blue. '

The one in the blue coverall presses the yellow button on the console.

The one in the blue coverall presses the green button on the console.

The hum vibrates.

The buildings are still.

‘The Enemy. The evacuation. Operative.'

‘The Enemy. The evacuation. Operative.'

On the large screen:

The indicated sectors are green. The indicated sectors are rimmed blue. The blue lights are still. The green lights move.

The sectors rimmed blue are red.

‘The sectors. Red.’

‘The sectors. Red.’

‘The Enemy. Vanquished.’

‘The Enemy. Vanquished.'

There is the resonant ping.

‘The objective. Complete. The sectors. Red. Hold. Mark.’ There is the echo.

‘The objective. Complete. The sectors. Red. Hold. Mark.’ The voice is even. The voice is one.

The one in the blue coverall presses the green button on the console.

The voice is one.

The sun is white on the blue sky.

The sky is blue.

The sky is still.

The sun is red.

Gorj is red.

The sound is red.

‘The sun is red. The sky is red. Mark.’

‘The sectors. Red. The sectors. Red. Mark.’

The windows are black.

The building is bright.

The grating is slight.

The windows are black.

‘The sun sees the black.’

Gorj closes the visor.

The seat opens.

The entrance opens.

The ladder is black.

The sun sees the black.

The sun is black.

The sun is red.

The building is bright. The windows are black.

Gorj goes out.

Gorj is red.

The entrance is black.

The entrance is open.

The room is bright.

The window is bright.

The visor is dark.

The sun is white on the blue sky.

The room is bright. The light in the room is the sunlight.

The sun cannot see the black.

The entrance is open.

The visor is dark.

The vehicles are the nodes of black.

The visor is clear.

The wall is bright. The window is dark.

The window is open.

The room is bright.

The white and the black are white.

Gorj goes out the long way. The line is white. The line is steady.

The white and the black are white.

The visor is dark.

The vehicles are the nodes of black.

‘The white and the black are white.’

The entrance is open.

The room is bright.

The visor is dark.

The sun is white on the blue sky.

The room is bright.

The entrance is open.

The room is bright.

The entrance is open. The room is bright. The entrance is open. The room is bright. The entrance is open. The room is bright. The entrance is open.

The room is black.

The sky is blue in the window.

The room is...

The room is black white.

Black white.

The sky is blue in the window.

The paving is black. The buildings are bright. The windows are black.

Black and white.

The entrance is open.

The room is black white.

The entrance is open.

The room is black white.

The entrance is open. The room is black white. The sky is blue in the window. The entrance is open. The room is black white. The entrance is open. The room is black white.

The black and the white are in phase.

In phase

Gorj is bright. Gorj is yellow.

Gorj sits.

The dust is black. The dust is white.

In phase.

Gorj is yellow.

Gorj is in phase.

Gorj goes out.

Gorj drives the white coverall hand on to the floor.

The dust is black and white.

The dust is in phase.

Gorj is in phase. Gorj goes out.

Gorj stands.

Gorj is yellow.

The entrance is open. The room is black white. The entrance is open. The room is black white. The entrance is open. The room is black white. The entrance is open.

The sky is blue.

The paving is black.

The paving is black.

The buildings are bright. The windows are black.

The paving is bright.

The paving is black.

The black.

The building is the node of black.

The windows are bright.

The buildings are bright. The windows are black.

Black and white.

In phase.

Gorj is yellow.

Gorj goes out. Gorj goes out. Gorj goes out.

The paving is bright.

The sky is blue. The sky is still from horizon to horizon.

The sky is near.

The paving is bright.

Gorj is the node of black.

The visor is dark.

The sun is white on the blue sky.

The paving is bright. The building is black. The windows are bright.

The visor is clear.

The paving is bright.

The paving is black.

Gorj is the node of black.

The coverall is black and white.

The arm rises.

The black rises.

Gorj is the black.

Gorj walks. The black walks.

Gorj is the two legs.

Gorj is the torso. Gorj is the head. Gorj is the two arms.

The two arms rise.

Gorj is the black.

The arm is the white coverall. The arm is the black.

Gorj is white and black.

The sound.

The visor is dark.

The vehicles rise. The vehicles are black. The black.

The vehicles move.

Kkrrreeeeeshshshuuuuuuuuummmmph!

The sound is on the sky.

The vehicles ascend. The vehicles ascend.

Bbmmmmbbbmmmmbbmmmmmmbbbbmmmmmb!

The sound is on the sky from horizon to horizon.

The vehicles are black and bright in the sky.

Kkkshsheeeeeeeeeeumf!

The sound fills the sky.

The vehicles move. Move.

Bbmmbbmmbmbmbrmmmbbbrrmmmmmbb!

The sound moves.

The sky is blue. The sky is still.

The building is bright. The building goes out to the blue sky.

The entrance is open. The room is bright. The entrance is closed.

‘The Leader.

The entrance opens.

The entrance closes.

The light in the room is yellow.

‘The level.’ The voice echoes.

‘The level.’

‘The level.’ The voice echoes.

‘The level.’

‘The level.‘ The voice echoes.

The light in the room is yellow.

'Gorj.'

‘The level.'

The voice echoes.

‘Gorj. The Leader.’

‘The level.’

The light in the room is yellow.

The button is blue. The button is red.

Gorj presses the red button.

‘The Leader.‘

The hum is there.

The entrance opens.

The room is bright. The visor is dark. The sun is white on the blue sky.

The paving is bright there. The buildings are the nodes of black. The black.

The Centre.

The entrance is open. The room is black white. The room goes out. The entrances are open. The room is bright. The room is black white. The room is bright. The room is black white. The room is bright. The room is black white. The room is bright. The room is black white. The room is bright.

The entrance is closed.

‘The Leader.‘

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is yellow.

The entrance closes.

On the screen: The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The couch is closed.

The skin is white.

The tube at the neck is blue.

The skin is white.

The other.

The tubes at the arm are yellow.

The other is still.

The head. The arm. The torso. The arm. The tube at the base of the torso is red.

The two legs.

The other is...

Gorj opens the visor.

Gorj rolls the coverall down.

The skin is brown.

The two legs. The two arms. The torso.

Gorj raises the arm.

The head.

The mouth.

Pink.

The frost is white.

The skin is white.

The other is...even.

The. light in the room is yellow.

The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The black screen is bright.

‘The attack. The attack on the North commences...’

The coverall is white. The light is blue.

‘...The objective. One. The sectors rimmed blue. Vanquish.'

The white sun is on the blue sky.

'...the Northerner. Vanquish...'

The Leader.

‘...the Enemy.’

Gorj is the Leader.

The black screen is black.

Gorj. The Leader.

The skin is white.

The skin is brown.

Gorj is here. The other is there.

Two.

The other is black.

Gorj is black.

Black. Black. Black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The black is black. Mark.’

‘The black is black. Mark.’

There is the echo. The two voices. Black. Two. Gorj is black.

The other is black.

The skin is white. The skin is brown.

Gorj is brilliant. Gorj goes out.

The black is not the black.

The black is...

The black is...here. The black is there.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. The black is not black. The black is here. The black is there . Mark.’

‘The voices. The black is not black. The black is here. The black is there. Mark.’

Gorj is brilliant. Gorj goes out.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. The black is here there. Mark. The black is here there. Mark.’

‘The voices. The black is here there. Mark. The black is here there. Mark.’

Gorj is brilliant. Gorj is yellow.

Gorj is not the black. Gorj is here there. Gorj goes out.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader. Acknowledge.’

There is the one voice.

The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The entrance opens. The entrance closes. The entrance opens

The light is yellow.

Gorj lies in the couch.

The couch closes.

The green light pulses.

The bips commence. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The light at the window is black white.

Bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip.

The bips go out the long way. The line is white. The black is not the black.

The bips go out the here there.

...bip, bip, bip, bip, bip, bip...

The green light is steady.

The light is the sunlight.

The bips complete.

The yellow light pulses.

The yellow light is steady.

The sky is blue. The paving is bright. The buildings are bright. The windows are black.

The black and the white are in phase.

The blue light pulses.

The hum is there.

The blue light is steady.

The hum vibrates...

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The sky is black.

Gorj opens the couch.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Orbital. The couch. Close.'

On the screens:

The sun is above the horizon of rising.

The orange bands move on the blue bands of the projection.

The blue light is steady.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. Gorj is here there. Gorj goes out. Mark.’

‘Orbital. The couch. Close. Mark.’

The couch. Close.

‘Mark.

Gorj closes the couch.

‘The voices. Gorj is here there. Gorj goes out. Mark.’

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. The buttons. The blue button. The yellow button. The green button.'

‘The voices. The buttons. The flight guidance. Mark.’

The panel opens on the console.

The buttons are blue yellow green.

The light is blue.

Gorj presses the yellow button. Gorj goes out.

The hum vibrates...

The floor is even. Gorj is brilliant. The skin moves.

The light in the cabin is the sunlight.

The yellow light pulses.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight guidance. The cycle. Mark. Green. Hover. Yellow. Atmosphere flight. Blue. Pressure flight. The sequences. One. The ascent. Green. Yellow. Blue. Two. The descent. Yellow. Green. Three. High hover. Yellow. Yellow. Green. Four. Orbital. Blue. Blue. Blue. Five. Station. Green. Green. The sequences. Maintain. Out of sequence. The green mode. Return.'

The sky is blue.

The sun is above the horizon of rising.

Gorj goes out. Here there.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sectors.’

'The yellow screen.'

On the yellow screen: The sectors are rimmed blue.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The attack sectors.'

‘The blue screen.’

On the blue screen: The indicated sectors are red. The objectives. Complete.

The sun is above the horizon of rising.

The orange bands move on the blue bands of the projection.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. Gorj goes out the flight buttons. Mark.’

‘The voices. Gorj goes out the flight buttons. Mark.’

Gorj presses the blue button.

The blue light pulses. The hum vibrates... Gorj stands.

Gorj presses the blue button. Gorj presses the blue button.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Orbital. Hold. The couch. Return. Mark.’

Gorj opens the couch. Gorj lies in the couch. Gorj closes the couch.

‘Mark.

The pressure rises.

The hum vibrates...

The sky is black.

The world is white.

The world is white. The rim of the world is black.

The sun is white on the black sky.

Gorj is yellow.

The white and the black are in phase.

Gorj goes out to the white and the black.

The world is white and black. The sun is white on the black sky.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sectors.’

'The sectors. The large screen.’

The couch turns the halfcircle.

On the large screen: The circle is white. The sectors are rimmed blue. The sectors are rimmed green. The line on the circle is blue and green.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The line blue green.’

‘The World Inner Boundary. North. South.’

North. South.

Gorj is the Leader of the South.

The Northerner is the Enemy.

The Northerner is here there.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Orbital. Complete. The degrees. Five. The pressure. Prepare. Mark. ‘

‘Gorj is the Leader of the South. Go to the Centre of the South.’

‘The flight objective. The Water Monitor. Four. The flight. Operative.’

‘Go to the Centre of the South. Gorj is the Leader of the South.’

‘The flight objective. The Water Monitor. Four. The flight. Operative. Orbital. Complete. The pressure. Prepare. Now. Mark.'

The sun is white on the black sky. The world is white on the black sky.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Orbital. Complete. The procedure. Now. Mark.’

The couch turns the halfcircle.

The pressure rises.

The hum vibrates...

The sky is bright.

The yellow light pulses near the blue light.

The yellow light is steady.

The pressure eases.

Gorj opens the couch.

The cabin moves.

Gorj is unsteady. The cabin is steady.

Gorj is steady.

The buildings are the nodes of black on the bright paving.

The windows are bright.

On the screens:

The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection. The circle of yellow light encompasses the pulsing red light.

The building is cubical. The windows are bright in the black.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight pattern. Out of phase. Mark.’

The vehicle hovers. The windows are bright in the black. The paving is black.

The light in the cabin is the white black. There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight pattern. Out of phase. Mark. The flight objective. Pending. The vehicle flight cycle. Out of phase. Mark.'

The light in the cabin is the white black.

The sky is blue.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj is here. Gorj is the Leader. Mark. Go to the Centre of the South.’

‘No schedule. The vehicle. The World Water Monitor. The cycle. The Water Monitor. The Immortal Keften. The Keften Home. The Water Monitor. Four. The Keften Home.'

Gorj presses the yellow button.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight cycle. Out of phase. The flight objective. Pending.'

Gorj presses the blue button.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight guidance. Out of sequence. The flight. The green mode. Mark.

The building is black. The paving is black.

The sky is blue.

The buildings are bright. The pylons are high. The windows are black.

The paving is bright.

The vehicle hovers.

The entrance is closed.

‘The Leader.

The entrance is closed.

Gorj puts the body at the entrance.

The entrance is closed.

Gorj puts the body at the entrance.

The entrance is closed.

On the screens:

The sun is high above the horizon of rising.

The orange bands fill the blue bands of the projection. The circle of yellow light encompasses the pulsing red light.

Gorj presses the blue button. There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight guidance. Out of sequence. The flight. The green mode. Mark.’

Gorj presses the yellow button. There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight cycle. Out of phase. The flight objective. Pending. '

Gorj presses the green button. There is the resonant ping.

‘Redundant. The flight. The green mode. Mark.’

Gorj drives the hand on to the buttons. There is the resonant ping.

‘The flight guidance. Out of sequence. Mark.’

Gorj drives the hand on to the buttons.

The floor is smooth. Gorj is bright.

The hum is there.

Gorj stands.

The green light is steady. The yellow light is steady.

The light in the cabin is the sunlight.

The paving is bright. The buildings are the nodes of black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Go to the Centre of the South.’

‘No schedule. The vehicle. The World Water Monitor. The cycle. The Water Monitor. The Immortal Keften. The Keften Home. The Water Monitor. Four. The Keften Home.'

The paving is bright. The buildings are the nodes of black.

The sky is blue.

The black and the white.

The skin is white.

Gorj is black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Go to the Home.

‘The flight objective. The Water Monitor. Four. The flight objective. Pending. The flight cycle. Out of phase. Mark.'

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Go to the Home.’

‘The flight objective. The Water Monitor. Four. The flight objective. Pending. The flight cycle. Out of phase. Mark.'

Gorj is black. There is no depth.

Gorj lies in the couch.

Gorj closes the couch.

The light in the cabin is the sunlight.

There is no depth.

Gorj is...

Gorj is the Leader.

Gorj is the Gorj. Gorj is the black. The two legs. The torso. The two arms. The head. The skin is brown.

The Gorj is uneven. There is no phase.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights in the couch. There is the resonant ping.

‘The voices. The Gorj is the not here. Mark.’

‘The voices. The Gorj is the not here. Mark.’

The Leader is white.

Gorj is the black.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader is white. Gorj is the black. Mark.’

‘The Leader is white. Gorj is the black. Mark.’

Gorj closes the lids.

The black is even. There is no depth...

The light in the room is white.

The body warms.

'Report.'

The Machine speaks in the couch:

‘Dysfunction. The Leader.’

The light is bright.

‘The details.’

‘The Leader. Out of cycle. The Leader attack cycle. Complete. Pending.’

‘Out of cycle.’

‘Out of cycle.'

‘The World attack cycle.’

‘The World attack cycle. Complete.’

Symer opens the couch. The couch is steady.

‘The record.

‘The record. Two. Sound.’

Out of cycle.

‘The Leader record. The record. One.’

‘The Leader record. The record. One. Now.

“The Leader.”

“The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.”

“The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.”

“The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.”

“The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.”

“The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.”

“The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Mark.

“The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.”

“The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Mark.”

“Not here. Not here. Not here.’

“The voices. Black. Not here. Mark.”

“The voices. Black. Not here. Mark.”

“The voices. The black screen. The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Mark.”

“The voices. The black screen. The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Mark."

The record. One. Complete.'

The sun is white. The sun is red.

Out of cycle.

‘Reference. The Leader record. One. Quote: The sun is on the horizon of rising. The sun is red. Instrumental.’

‘Instrumental.’

'The Leader record. One. Quote: The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Instrumental.'

'Instrumental.'

Out of cycle.

'Reference. The Leader record. One. Quote: Not here. Definition.’

‘Quote: Not here. Definition. There.’

The sun is white. Instrumental. The sun is red. Instrumental. There. Not here.

'Reference. The Leader record. One. Quote: The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Objective.'

‘Noninstrumental.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. One. Quote: The voices. Referent.'

‘No referent.'

Out of cycle.

‘Reference. The Leader record. One. The context.'

‘The Leader attack cycle. The objective. One. The arrival. The indicated attack sectors.'

‘The World context.’

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Three. The transfer. The attack discharger vehicle.’

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete.’

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. One. Reference. Quote: The sun is white. Not here. The sun is red. Reference. The World attack cycle. Instrumental.’

‘Noninstrumental.’

Noninstrumental.

Out of the World attack cycle. The World attack cycle. Complete.

'Reference. The Leader record. The record. Two.’

‘The Leader record. The record. Two. Now.

“The sun sees the black.”

“The sun sees the black.”

The record. Two. Complete.'

Black. The sun is white. The sun is red. The sun sees the black.

Black.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Two. Quote: The sun sees the black.'

‘Noninstrumental. Quote: See.’

'Reference. The Leader record. The record. Two. The context.'

‘The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Two. The attack. The inspection.’

‘The World context.’

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Four. The attack sectors. The objective. '

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Four. Complete.’

‘The World attack cycle. The objective. Four. Complete.’

‘The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Two. Complete.'

'The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Two. Complete.’

'The World attack cycle. Complete. The Leader attack cycle. Complete. Pending.'

‘Reference. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete.’

'The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete. Pending.’

‘The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. The objective.'

‘The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. The objective. The transfer. The attack discharger vehicle. The Leader vehicle.'

‘The Leader vehicle. The actual status.'

‘The Leader vehicle. The actual status. The attack sector. The objective. One. The World attack cycle.'

‘The sector. The designation.’

‘The sector. The designation. Four. Three. Three. Six. Five. One. One. Nine. Four. Three.‘

‘Reference. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete. Pending. The cause.’

‘The transfer. The attack discharger vehicle. The Leader vehicle. Operative.'

Out of the World attack cycle.

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader. Out of the World Battle cycle.’

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader. Out of the World Battle cycle.’

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The action. One. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. The action. Two. Imprint. The Leader battle cycle.’

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The action. One. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. The action. Two. Imprint. The Leader battle cycle.’

‘The action. One. Implement. Mark.’

‘The action. One. Implement. Mark.’

‘The action. Two. Prepare. Mark.’

‘The action. Two. Prepare. Mark.’

Out of the World Battle cycle.

The light in the room is white.

The sun is white.

The sun is red.

The sun sees the black.

The black screen.

The black screen. The sun is white.

The sun sees the black.

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. Reference. Quote: The black screen. The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky. Referent.’

‘The black screen. Now.‘

On the black screen: The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The boundary blue.

On the blue screen:

THE LEADER GOES OUT TO THE NORTHERNER.
SYMER SPEAKS TO THE MACHINE. RECORD.

Symer sits at the console.

The Leader.

The Northerner.

Symer speaks.

The Machine.

Record.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Five. The action. One. Record. The Machine.’

Symer speaks. The Machine. Record.

'Record...'

‘Record.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Five. The action. One. Record. The Machine. Reference. The blue screen. Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Record.’

‘Record. The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Five. The action. One. Record. The Machine. Reference. The blue screen. Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Record.’

‘Reference. Quote: Record. The Leader record. The heading. The blue record.’

'Reference. Quote: Record. The Leader record. The heading. The blue record.’

The blue record.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The yellow screen. Display. Quote. The blue record. The Machine.’

‘Reference. The yellow screen. Display. Quote: The blue record. The Machine.’

On the yellow screen:

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. Repeat. Record. The blue record.

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. No record.’

‘No record.’

‘No record.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. Two. Repeat. Record. The blue record.'

‘Reference. The Leader record. The record. Two. No record.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. Repeat. Record. The blue record.’

‘The Leader record. The analysis. One. The extreme boundary condition. The extreme reaction. The boundary. The anticentre.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. Two. Repeat. Record. The blue record.’

‘The Leader record. The analysis. Two. The large screen.'

On the large screen:

THE ANALYSIS. TWO.

THE SECTION. ONE.
1 THE ENEMY IS WHITE AND BLUE.

THE SECTION. TWO.
2 GORJ IS NEAR.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
5 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
6 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
7 THE SKY IS BLUE.
8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
9 THE NORTHERNER IS WHITE AND BLUE.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

‘Reference. The large screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The large screen. The display. Hold.’

There is no here. The Northerner.

The sun cannot see the black.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The record. One. Reference. The Leader utterances. Reference. The large screen. The display. Add. The Leader utterances. Maintain number sequence. The heading. The section. Four. Reference. The record. Two. Add. Maintain number sequence. The heading. The section. Five. Record. The blue record.’

On the large screen:

THE ANALYSIS. TWO.

THE SECTION. ONE.
1 THE ENEMY IS WHITE AND BLUE.

THE SECTION. TWO.
2 GORJ IS NEAR.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
5 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
6 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
7 THE SKY IS BLUE.
8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
9 THE NORTHERNER IS WHITE AND BLUE.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

THE SECTION. FOUR.
25 THE SUN IS ON THE HORIZON OF RISING. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.
26 THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. THE SUN IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BLUE SKY. MARK.
27 THE SUN IS ON THE HORIZON OF RISING. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.
28 THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. THE SUN IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BLUE SKY. MARK.
29 NOT HERE. NOT HERE. NOT HERE.
30 THE VOICES. BLACK.NOT HERE. MARK.
31 THE VOICES. THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. NOT HERE. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.

THE SECTION. FIVE.
32 THE SUN SEES THE BLACK.
33 THE SUN SEES THE BLACK.

‘Reference. The large screen. The display. '

‘Reference. The large screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. Three. Repeat. Record. The blue record.'

‘The Leader record. The analysis. Three. The two cycles. The cycle. One. The utterances. One to ten. The cycle. Two. The utterances. Ten to twentythree.'

‘Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. Four. Repeat. Record. The blue record.’

‘Reference. The analysis. Four. Repeat. The screen.’

‘The blue screen.’

On the blue screen:

‘Reference. The blue screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The blue screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. Five. Repeat. Record. The blue record.’

‘Reference. The analysis. Five. Repeat. The screen.’

‘The white screen.’

On the white screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. THE SECTION. ONE.
THE VOICE. THE PHASE. THE RELATION.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE . THE VOICE IS...THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

‘The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action. The analysis. The section. Three. The sequence. The voice is in phase. The Northerner is in phase. Gorj is in phase. The voices are in phase. The oscillation. One. Complete. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The Leader and the Northerner are in relation. The centre and the anticentre are in relation. The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation. The analysis. Five. The section. Four. Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. The primary contact. The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle. The primary contact. Operative. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The analysis. Five. The section. Five. Reference. The analysis. Four. The cycle. Two. The sequence. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. Gorj is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The cycle.. One. Complete. Here. There. The relation. Gorj is there. There is no here. The Northerner is not here. The Northerner is the anticentre. The World Context dysfunction. The analysis. Five. Complete.’

The Leader goes out to the Northerner.

The primary contact.

The dysfunction.

The pattern dysfunction.

The sun sees the black.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. The Leader. The actual status.’

‘The Leader. The actual status. The Leader battle cycle. The attack cycle. The objective. Three.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. The Leader. The attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete. Pending.'

‘Reference. The Leader record. The action. One. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. The action. Implement.’

‘Reference. The action. One. Reference. Implement. The actual status.'

‘Reference. The action. One. Reference. Implement. The actual status. The objective. Three. Complete. Pending.'

The Leader goes out to the Northerner.

The sun sees the black.

Black. The extreme boundary condition.

The blue boundary.

The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun sees the black.

The sun is red.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The sun is red. The sun is on the horizon of rising. Definition.’

‘Definition. The sun on the horizon of rising is quote red.'

The sun sees the black.

The sun is red.

The sun is white.

The sun cannot see the black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here.

Here. There. The relation.

The Northerner is there. The Leader goes to the Northerner.

The Northerner is the anticentre.

The sun sees the black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

Gorj sees the bright. The sun is white.

Gorj sees the black. The sun cannot see the black. Gorj sees the black. The sun sees the black.

The dysfunction.

The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The primary contact.

The Leader World Context dysfunction. The Northerner is the anticentre. The black.

The Leader World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader goes to the Northerner. Gorj sees the black. The sun sees the black.

The World Pattern dysfunction.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. One. Quote: The Leader. Out of the World Battle cycle. Amend. Quote: The Leader. The World Pattern dysfunction. Mark.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The analysis. One. Quote: The Leader. Out of the World Battle cycle. Amend. Quote: The Leader. The World Pattern dysfunction. Mark.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The actions. One. Two. Cancel. Mark.’

‘Reference. The Leader record. Reference. The actions. One. Two. Cancel. Mark.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The action. One. Reference. The analysis. One. The Leader. The World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern. The World Pattern. Test. The anomaly.'

‘Record. Reference. The Leader record. The action. One. Reference. The analysis. One. The Leader. The World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern. The World Pattern. Test. The anomaly.'

The anomaly. Instrumental. The World Pattern.

The sun is white. The sun is black. The Leader nonpattern.

The World Pattern dysfunction.

The World attack cycle. Complete.

The Leader World Pattern dysfunction.

Gorj speaks to the Machine.

The blue screen. Symer speaks to the Machine.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Repeat.’

‘The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action.'

Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Quote: The action. Definition.’

‘Definition. Quote: The action. The instrumental event.’

The instrumental event.

Gorj speaks to the Machine.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Display.’

‘Reference. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Display. The screen.'

On the yellow screen:

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

‘Reference. The yellow screen. Reference. The actual display. Record. Hold pending the white screen clear. The cycle. Display. Instruction. The white screen. Clear. Hold pending the white screen clear. Reference. The yellow screen. Clear.'

‘Reference. The yellow screen. Reference. The actual display. Record. Hold pending the white screen clear. The cycle. Display. Instruction. The white screen. Clear. Hold pending the white screen clear. Reference. The yellow screen. Clear.'

‘Reference. The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Display. Reference. Quote: The screen. The yellow screen.’

On the yellow screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. THE SECTION. TWO.
GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT. THE VOICE IS THERE. THE
RELATION. GORJ SPEAKS TO THE MACHINE. THE ACTION.

‘Reference. The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

‘Reference. The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

Gorj speaks to the Machine.

Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there.

The relation. The action.

Here. There.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Quote: Here. Quote: There. Definition. '

‘Definition. The terms of relation centred on the monitor.’

The relation. Here. There. Gorj. The Machine.

The action.

Going out.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The blue screen. Repeat.'

‘Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Record.’

The Leader goes out to the Northerner.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

The relation. The action.

The action. The instrumental event.

The relation. Here. There. Centred on the monitor.

The relation. The action.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

The instrumental event. The relation.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

Symer speaks to the Machine.

‘The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

‘The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

The Machine speaks to Symer.

Symer goes out to the Machine.

The Machine goes out to Symer.

The action. The relation.

The Leader goes out to the Northerner.

The action. The instrumental event.

The Northerner goes out to the Leader.

The Northerner is not here.

Not here.

The Northerner is there.

The Leader goes out to the Northerner.

The Leader is here. The Leader goes out. The Northerner is there.

Gorj is here. Gorj goes out. The voice is there.

The voice. The Machine.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. Quote: The voice. The definition. The Machine.’

‘Record. Quote: The voice. The definition. The Machine.'

The Northerner is there. Gorj is not here. Gorj goes out.

Gorj. The action.

The action. The instrumental event. The relation.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. The action.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

Going out. The action.

‘The yellow screen. The display. Hold.’

The relation.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

Symer. The action. Going out.

‘Quote: The instrumental event.'

‘Definition. The action.’

The light in the room is white.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Definition.’

‘Definition. No definition.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. The definition. The action. Record.’

‘No definition. Noninstrumental.'

Symer speaks. Instrumental. The action. The relation.

The Leader goes out. Instrumental. The action. The relation.

The light in the room is bright.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Acknowledge.’

‘Reference. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Noninstrumental. Acknowledge.’

‘The World Machine. Reference. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Instrumental. The action. The relation.'

‘The event. Noninstrumental. Noncycle. Acknowledge.'

Symer speaks to the World Machine.

‘The World Machine. Reference. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. The event. Acknowledge.’

‘The event. Noninstrumental.'

'Quote. The event. The definition.'

‘Definition. The instrumental action.'

‘Quote: The event. Noninstrumental. Definition.’

‘Definition. The accident.’

‘The World Machine. Symer speaks to the World Machine. Accident.’

'Noncycle. Noninstrumental.'

‘The World Machine speaks to Symer. Accident.’

‘Instrumental. The World Pattern. Maintain.’

‘Quote: The World Machine speaks to Symer. Instrumental. Acknowledge.'

‘Quote: The World Machine speaks to Symer. Instrumental. Acknowledge.'

‘Quote: Symer speaks to the World Machine. Instrumental. Acknowledge.

‘Relevance. The cycle. The event. Instrumental.’

‘Relevance. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader. World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern.’

‘The Leader. Out of the World Battle cycle. The World Patterns functions. Reference. The action. One. Test. The World Pattern. The anomaly. No anomaly.'

‘Relevance. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader. World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern. Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The utterance. Five. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. Reference. Quote: Gorj is going out. The definition. Gorj. The action. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader quote is going out. The Leader. The action. The relation. The referent. The relation. The Northerner. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The action. The relation. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader. Instrumental. The objective. The Northerner. The cycle. The Leader is here. The Leader goes out. The Northerner is there. The cycle. The Leader cycle.’

The light in the room is bright.

The Leader cycle. Nonpattern.

The Leader is going out.

The primary contact.

The Leader cycle.

The objective. The primary contact.

The anticentre.

The light in the room is bright.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Five. The sections. Three. Four. Five. Reference. The yellow screen. Add to display.’

On the yellow screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE.

THE SECTION TWO.

GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT. THE VOICE IS THERE. THE RELATION. GORJ SPEAKS TO THE MACHINE. THE ACTION.

THE SECTION. THREE.

THE SEQUENCE. THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE. THE VOICES ARE IN PHASE. THE OSCILLATION. ONE. COMPLETE. THE NORTHERNER AND GORJ ARE IN PHASE. THE ANTICENTRE IS THE RELATION. THE LEADER WORLD EXPERIENCE DYSFUNCTION. THE LEADER AND THE NORTHERNER ARE IN RELATION. THE CENTRE AND THE ANTICENTRE ARE IN RELATION. THE ANTICENTRE IS THE BOUNDARY. THE ANTICENTRE IS THE RELATION.

THE SECTION. FOUR.

REFERENCE. THE LEADER RECORD. THE RECORD. ONE. THE PRIMARY CONTACT. THE LEADER AND THE NORTHERNER WALK TO THE LEADER VEHICLE. THE PRIMARY CONTACT. OPERATIVE. THE LEADER AND THE NORTHERNER ARE IN PHASE. THE LEADER WORLD EXPERIENCE DYSFUNCTION.

THE SECTION. FIVE.

REFERENCE. THE ANALYSIS. FOUR. THE CYCLE. TWO. THE SEQUENCE. THE LEADER IS THE SUN. THE LEADER IS BLACK. THE LEADER GOES OUT TO THE SUN. THE LEADER IS THE SUN. THE LEADER IS THERE. THERE IS NO HERE. THE CYCLE. TWO. COMPLETE. GORJ IS THERE. THERE IS NO HERE. THE CYCLE. TWO. COMPLETE. THE LEADER AND THE NORTHERNER ARE IN PHASE. THE CYCLE. ONE.COMPLETE. HERE. THERE. THE RELATION. GORJ IS THERE. THERE IS NO HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS NOT HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS THE ANTICENTRE. THE WORLD CONTEXT DYSFUNCTION.

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. COMPLETE.

The Northerner is the anticentre.

The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader. The Northerner.

The anticentre. The Leader cycle.

The Leader cycle. Nonpattern.

The Pattern. The context dysfunction. The experience dysfunction. The pattern dysfunction.

The Leader cycle. The World Pattern dysfunction.

The Leader cycle. The pattern. The cycle. Going out. The cycle. The relation. Instrumental.

The anticentre. The relation.

The antipattern. The cycle.

The Leader cycle. The antipattern. The Leader antiworld pattern.

The skin moves.

The relation. The antipattern. The Leader cycle. The World Pattern.

The relation.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The World Pattern functions. No anomaly. Reference. Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The primary contact. The context. The Leader. The World Context dysfunction. The World Agent action. The boundary blue. The action. Complete. Reference. The Leader. Out of cycle. The World Agent action. One. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. The action. Operative. The World Agent action. Two. The Leader. Imprint. The Leader battle cycle. Implement. Pending.’

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Reference. The Leader cycle. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader cycle. The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The instrumental action. The objective. The relation. The Leader. The Northerner. The primary contact. The Leader cycle. The antipattern. The Leader antiworld pattern. The World Agent action. One. The Leader. The actual status. Implement. Now.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The World Pattern functions. No anomaly. The Leader. Out of cycle. Acknowledge.'

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Reference. The World Pattern. Reference. The World Battle cycle. Quote: The World attack cycle. Complete. Reference. The Leader battle cycle. Quote: The Leader attack cycle. Operative. The anomaly. The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. The anomaly. Reference. The Leader. The actual status. The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The Leader cycle. The Leader antiworld pattern. The World Pattern. Out of phase. The World Pattern anomaly. Acknowledge.’

The phase.

The Leader and the Northerner. In phase.

The relation.

The phase. The relation.

Out of phase. The relation.

Out of phase.

The phase. The cycles.

The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase.

The relation. Out of phase.

The World Pattern. The Leader antiworld pattern. Out of phase.

The relation. The anomaly. Out of phase.

The referent. No referent. The definition. No definition.

The relation. No relation.

No relation. Out of phase.

Out of phase. The relation. Operative.

Operative_. Pending.

No relation.

Black.

Symer stands. The skin moves.

The light in the room is bright_.

Black. Black. Black.

The sky is black.

No sun.

Black. No relation.

The sun is white. The relation.

White.

The World Pattern.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The blue screen. Clear.’

‘The blue screen. Clear.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The large screen. Reference. The utterances. Eight. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Twentyone. Twentythree. Thirty. Thirtytwo. Reference. The blue screen. Display.’

On the blue screen:

8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
30 THE VOICES. BLACK.NOT HERE. MARK.
32 THE SUN SEES THE BLACK.

Symer sits.

The light in the room is brilliant.

The sun cannot see the black. White. See. No relation.

The World Pattern cannot see the no relation.

The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. Operative. The relation.

The World Pattern. The Leader antipattern. No relation.

The bright and the black are black. No relation.

The World Pattern cannot see the Leader antipattern.

The white sun cannot see the black.

The World Pattern cannot see the Leader.

Gorj is black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black. The sun cannot see the black.

Gorj sees the World Pattern and the no relation.

The bright and the black are black. Bright. Black. Black.

Gorj. The World Pattern. No relation.

The sun cannot see the black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

Gorj is black.

Gorj is the sun.

The World Pattern cannot see the no relation.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. The action. One. The Leader attack cycle. Complete. Implement. The World Pattern functions. No anomaly. Acknowledge.’

Gorj sees the World Pattern and the no relation.

The bright and the black are black.

Gorj is no relation.

Gorj is the World Pattern.

Gorj is black. Gorj is white.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. The action. One. The Leader attack cycle. Complete. Implement. The World Pattern functions. No anomaly. Acknowledge.'

Gorj is black. Gorj is white. The Centre. The anticentre. Gorj goes out to the Northerner. The action. Instrumental.

The antiworld pattern.

The antiworld pattern. Black. No relation.

Gorj goes out.

Symer goes out. The action.

Symer sees the World Pattern. Symer sees the no relation.

No relation. Black.

Symer sees the black. No relation.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

No relation.

Symer stands.

The skin moves.

The light in the room is brilliant.

No relation.

Symer goes out. No relation.

The entrance opens.

The entrance closes.

The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is white.

Symer presses the cluster of white lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. Reference. The Leader vehicle. The actual status. The sector. The designation.'

‘The sector. The designation. Four. Three. Three. Six. Five. One. One. Nine. Four. Three.’

‘Reference. The flight projection. The objective. Quote: The sector. The designation. Four. Three. Three. Six. Five. One. One. Nine. Four. Three. Mark. ‘

‘Reference. The flight projection. The objective. Quote: The sector. The designation. Four. Three. Three. Six. Five. One. One. Nine. Four. Three. Mark.’

Symer. No relation. Symer sees the black. Symer goes out.

Symer. Gorj. The relation.

Symer. The antiworld pattern.

The green light pulses.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

Symer lies in the couch. Symer closes the couch.

The great entrance opens.

The sky is black.

On the screen: The sun is below the horizon of setting.

Symer sees the black.

No sun.

Black. No relation.

The skin moves.

The black sky. No relation.

NOTHING.

The skin moves.

Black. Black.

The black is deep. The black is nothing.

The World Pattern functions.

The black is deep.

No relation. Nothing.

Symer opens the couch.

The cabin moves.

Symer is...out of phase. Out of phase. Out of phase.

Symer is...black. Nothing.

The World Pattern functions. The World Pattern.

There is the resonant ping.

‘In flight. The couch. Close. Now. Mark.’

Symer is on the floor. The floor is even.

The skin moves.

Nothing.

The sound. The sound is uneven.

Gorj screams. Symer screams.

'Aaaaaaaaaaaarghh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!'

Symer screams. Symer is black. Deep. No relation. Nothing.

‘Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’

‘Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’

There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhh!

Symer screams. Nothing.

‘The black is deep. Nothing. Nothing.’

The light in the cabin is white.

The entrance opens.

Symer stands. The skin moves.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is white.

Symer sits at the console.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Quote: Nothing. Definition.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Quote: Nothing. Definition. Hold.’

The couch is open.

The monitor. The feed. The extractor.

The World Pattern.

The sky is deep.

No relation.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Reference. Quote: Nothing. No definition.’

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Record. Reference. Quote: Nothing. The definition. No relation. Black. The black sky. The black is deep. Reference. Quote: No relation. The definition. The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. The objective. Pending. The World Pattern. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The Leader is no relation. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The World Pattern. The Leader is nothing. Gorj is nothing.’

'Record. Reference. Quote: Nothing. The definition. No relation. Black. The black sky. The black is deep. Reference. Quote: No relation. The definition. The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. The objective. Pending. The World Pattern. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The Leader is no relation. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The World Pattern. The Leader is nothing. Gorj is nothing.’

Gorj is nothing. Symer is nothing.

No relation.

The sound.

'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaargh! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaarrgh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!'

Symer screams.

Gorj screams.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The World Agent dysfunction. The analysis. The extreme boundary condition. The boundary black. Mark.’

The World Machine speaks to Symer. The relation.

The World Pattern.

The relation. Symer speaks to the World Machine.

‘Symer speaks to the World Machine. The relation. The World Agent cycle. The World Pattern. The relation. The boundary black. Mark.'

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. The relation. The World Pattern. The World Agent cycle. Instrumental. The World Agent dysfunction. The experience dysfunction. The action. The boundary blue. The action. Reference. The black screen.'

On the black screen: The sun is white. The sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The boundary blue. The relation.

On the white screen:

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Go to the couch. Now. Mark.’

Symer lies in the couch.

The skin moves.

Symer is out of phase.

The couch closes.

The light in the room is blue.

The sun is white.

No depth.

The monitor is at the neck.

The suspension.

The World Pattern.

Nothing.

Black.

Symer is black.

ALONE.

Alone...

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The sky is black.

The green cones pulse on the black.

The black is in the green.

There is the resonant ping.

'Keften. The level. Four. The pump cycle. One. Seven. The yellow screen. Mark.’

On the yellow screen: The blue band is on the white. There is the resonant ping.

'Keften. The level. Four. The pump cycle. One. Seven. The yellow screen. Mark.’

The pressure eases.

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

The green cones pulse on the black.

Black.

The black.

The bips complete.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The couch opens.

On the screens:

The sun is below the horizon of setting.

The blue band is on the white.

The black has no depth.

The entrance irises open.

The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

The light in the room is yellow.

The entrance closes.

There is the hum. The hum vibrates...

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is white.

On the large screen: The blue band is on the white.

There is the resonant ping.

'Keften. The level. Four. The pump cycle. One. Seven. The flow is blue. Mark.’

The flow is blue.

The hum is below.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The level. Four. The pump cycle. One. Seven. Commence. Mark.'

'Mark.'

The orange moves on the blue band. There is the resonant ping.

‘The level. Four. The oxygen waste. Two. Seven. Two. The pool. Four. Four. Mark.’

The hum is below.

There is no horizon.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is blue.

The entrance closes.

The entrance is closed.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The coverall. Mark.’

The panel opens on the console.

The coverall is green.

The visor clicks magnetically at the rim of the coverall. The visor is clear.

The entrance opens.

The light is the black white.

The walls are white.

The hum is below.

Black. There is no horizon.

The circle is open. There. There.

Gorj is black. Gorj is there there there.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is yellow.

The entrance closes.

The room is close.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Sit. Mark.’

Gorj sees the Gorj.

The Gorj sits. The seat closes.

There is the hum.

The hum vibrates...

The seat opens.

The entrance opens.

The horizon is white.

The paving is bright.

The black is below.

The sky is black.

There is no depth.

There is the resonant ping.

‘The level. Ten. The cycle. Seven. The cycle. Operative.'

The voice echoes.

The paving is bright. The paving goes out the long way.

The long way is yellow. The long way is still.

The black is below. The sky is black.

The voice echoes. There. There.

Gorj opens the visor.

'Huuaaa!'

‘...aaa! ...aa! ...a! ...a.’

The voice echoes. The voice echoes in the sky.

In phase.

‘Gooorrjjj!’

‘...oooorjjjj! ...ooorjjj! ...orjj! ...rjj! ...jj.’ The black sky speaks.

Gorj is the black.

‘Gooorrjjj iss blaaaackk!’

'aaaackk!...aaaackk!...aackk!...ack!...ack.’

‘Blaaaaaaackkk!

'aaaaackkk!...aaaaackk!...aaaackk!...aaackkl ...’

Gorj is yellow.

Gorj is in the black.

‘Blaaaaaackkk!’

'...aaaaaackkk! ...aaaaackk ...aaaack! ...aaackk! ...aack!'

The black sky speaks. The black sky speaks the black.

‘Goooooorrrjjjjjj!

‘...ooorrrjjjjj! ...oorrjjjjj! ...orrjjjj! ...orjjj! ...jjj! .'.jj!'

The black sky speaks Gorj.

Gorj is yellow.

‘Gooooooorrrrjjjjjjjj!’

'...ooorrrjjjjjjj! ...oorrjjjjjj! ...‘ ‘Goooooooorrrrjjjjjjj!’

‘...orjjj! .. ....rrrjjjjjjj! . . .orjjj! .. .oorrjjjjjj! ...rjjj! ...orrjjjjj! ...jjj! ...rjjjj! ...j! ...jjjj! ...jjj! ...jj! ...j! ...j ...j.’

Gorj is yellow.

The black speaks Gorj.

Gorj is yellow.

The yellow is on the black. The yellow is open. The yellow goes out.

The yellow is the great circle.

Gorj is the yellow.

The black is still.

The black speaks. The black is deep.

The paving. The bright paving goes out to the black.

The vehicle is green. The light at the windows is blue.

‘Gorj.'

The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is blue.

The entrance closes.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Sit. Mark.’

The Gorj sits.

The green light is steady.

The hum is even.

The vapour moves at the window. The vapour is blue.

The vehicle moves on the black.

The vapour moves. The vapour is blue.

The black moves.

The black moves near the vehicle.

The water.

The water is at the mouth.

The black is the water.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The black is the water.’

‘Meldrick. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. Two. Eight. The cycle. Seven. The cycle. Operative.’

The pump cycle.

‘The pump cycle.’

‘The pump cycle. The level. Ten. The pump cycle. One. Three. The pump. Three. The level. One. One. The cooling pool. One. Five. The cycle. Operative. The pump. Seven. The level. One. One. The cooling pool. Two. One. The cycle. Operative. The pump. Ten. The level. One. One. The cooling pool. Two. Complete. The pump. Two. The level. Nine. The cooling pool. Two. Five. Operative. The pump. Four. The level. Nine. The cooling pool. Two. Operative. The pump. One. The level. Nine. The cooling pool. Seven. Pending. The pump. Eight. The level. Ten. Circulation. The cooling pool. One. Six. Operative. The pump. Five. The level. Ten. Circulation. The cooling pool. Six. Complete. The pump. Six. The level. One. Three. Generation. Operative. The pump. Nine. The level. One. Three. Generation. Pending.’

The water moves below the vapour. The water is blue. The vapour is blue.

The light in the cabin is blue.

The coverall is green and blue.

Gorj is yellow.

The water is black. The water is blue.

The water moves at the mouth.

The water moves.

The water moves at the mouth. The water moves on the frost.

Blue and white.

Phase. In phase.

The Northerner is blue and white.

The blue eyes are big.

'Meldrick. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. One. Four. The pump cycle. Two. Seven. Commence_. Mark.’

The eyes are blue on the white.

Blue and white.

The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The black sky speaks.

The black sky speaks Gorj.

‘Gooooorrrrjjjjjj!.’

The sound is in the cabin.

The light in the cabin is blue.

The vapour is blue. The water is blue.

The water is black.

Gorj closes the visor.

The entrance is closed.

‘Gorj.'

The entrance is closed.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The entrance. Open.'

‘The entrance. Open.’

The entrance is closed.

In the ceiling the entrance is open. The ladder is blue in the blue light.

The sky is black.

Gorj opens the visor.

The vapour.

‘Goooorrrrrjjjjjjjjj!’

'ooorrjjjjj! .. .oorrjjjj! .. .orjjjj!.. .orjjj . . .rjj ...jj ...j.

‘The blaaaack speeeeeeeakssss!’

‘...peeeeeeeaksss! ...peeeeaksss! ...eeeaksss! ...eeksss! ...eksss! ...ksss!'

The black speaks.

‘The blaaaack speeeeeeeeakksssss!’

‘...peeeeeakkssss! ...eeeeeaksss! ...eeeakss! ...eeeakss! ...kss ...ks!?'

‘The blaaack speeeeakss Goooorrrjjjjjjj!’

‘...skooorrjjjjjjjj! ....skorrjjjjj! ...orjjjj! ...rjjj! ...jjj ...jj ...j..’

The black.

Gorj is yellow. The yellow is on the black.

Gorj is on the black sky.

Gorj screams.

‘Eeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhh!’

'eeaaaaaahhhh! . . . .eeeeaaaaa! . . .eeaaa! . . .eeaa! ...eaa!...ea! ...aa!'

‘Eeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!’

'eeeaaaaahhh!...eeaaaaahh!...eeaaaahh!...eaaah!...eaah! ...aah!...ah!...ah...'

In phase. Gorj and the black sky are in phase.

‘Eeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!’

'eeeeaaaaaaaaaahhh! ...eeeaaa...’

'Eeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!’

'...aaaaahhh! ...eeeeaaaaa…’

'eeeaaaaaaaaahh! ...eeeeaaaaa…’

‘Eeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!’

'...eaaaaah! ...aaaaaah! ...aaa...’

' ...eeaaaaaah!...aaaaaah! ...eaaa...’

' ...eeeeaaaaaaaahhh! ...eeeaaaa...’

‘Eeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhaaaaah!’

‘...aaah! ...aaa! ...aa...’

'...aaaah! ...aaaaah! ...aaa...’

'...eeaaaaahh! ...eaaaaah! ...aaa...’

'...eeaeeaaaahaaah! ...eeeaaaah...’

‘...aa! ...aaa! ...a! ...a. ‘

‘...aaaah! ...aaah! ...aaa! ...aa...’

' ...eaaah! ...aaaah! ...aaa...'

'...eaahaah! ...eahaah! ...eaa...’

‘...aaa! ...aa! ...a! ...a.’

'...eahaah! ...aahaah! ...aaha…’

‘...aaa! ...aa! ...aa! ...a! ...a.’

‘...ahaah! ...haaa! ...aaa' ...aa! ...aa' ...aa! ...a! ...a...’

'...a.'

‘Meldrick. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. Three. The pump cycle. One. Seven. Pending.'

The voice echoes in the cabin.

The voice echoes on the black sky.

The voice is in phase.

Gorj is yellow. The yellow goes out.

The water is on the frost.

The frost is white.

The skin is white.

The skin pulses. In phase. Gorj is in phase.

Gorj is...

The black sky speaks.

The black sky is still.

The black sky. There is no depth.

The yellow goes out.

Gorj is...

Gorj is... Gorj is here.

Gorj is here. Gorj is here.

The sky is black. The water is black and blue. The vapour is blue. The light in the room is blue.

Gorj is here.

Gorj is not the black. Gorj is here. Gorj pulses.

Gorj pulses.

Gorj goes out.

‘Meldrik. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. Two. Eight. The pump. Three. Six. Commence. Mark.'

The voice echoes in the cabin.

Gorj goes out.

‘Gooooorrrrjjjj goooooooesssss oooouuuuuttttt!’

‘...sssooouuuuttt! ...ssouuutt! ...souuutt! ...souutt! ...souutt! ...outt! ...utt! ...tt! ...t.’

Gorj speaks.

The black sky echoes.

The black sky is still.

The light in the cabin is blue.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj goes out. Mark.’

‘Gorj goes out. Mark.’

The voice echoes.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Meldrik. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. One. Four. The pump cycle. Seven. Complete. Mark.’

The vapour is blue. The vapour moves.

The water moves.

The horizon is white.

Gorj sits.

Gorj is here. Gorj is here.

Gorj sits. The console is there. The light in the cabin is blue. The floor is even. The vapour at the window is blue.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj is here.'

'Gorj is here. Mark.’

The voice echoes.

The voice is still.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj speaks. Gorj is here. Gorj goes out. Mark.’

‘Gorj speaks. Gorj is here. Gorj goes out. Mark.’

Gorj is here. Gorj sits.

The two legs. The green coverall.

The two legs. Gorj.

The two arms. Gorj.

The torso. The head. Gorj.

The mouth. The nose. The eyes.

Gorj.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Gorj is here. Gorj is the body. Mark.’

‘Gorj is here. Gorj is the body. Mark.’

Gorj is yellow.

The body is yellow.

The body is inside.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Meldrik. The level. Ten. The cooling pool. Three. The pump cycle. Five. One. Complete. '

The body is inside. The body pulses.

The body is red and white.

The face is in phase.

The hum complete.

The entrance opens.

The paving is bright. The paving goes out.

Gorj walks. The paving is there. The paving is even.

Gorj walks.

The inside walks.

The body walks Gorj.

Gorj walks the body.

Gorj the body walks.

Gorj is the body. The body is Gorj.

Walk. The foot. The foot. The foot.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is blue. The room is close. Gorj sits. The back. The seat.

The entrance closes. The hum is even. The hand. The leg. The hand is inside. The leg in inside.

The hand touches the leg.

Gorj. Gorj is inside.

Gorj is yellow. Gorj is inside. The inside is yellow.

Yellow is...

Yellow is...

The hum complete.

The entrance opens.

The room is long. The light in the room is white. The floor is even. The wall is even.

Gorj walks.

The yellow is inside. The light in the room is white.

The yellow is inside.

The yellow is. ..the phase.

The yellow is the phase of the circle.

Round.

The circle is there. There. There.

The yellow circle encompasses Gorj the black.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is yellow.

The other sits. The legs. The head.

The coverall is green.

The North is green.

Gorj walks. The light in the room is yellow. Gorj goes out yellow.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Five. Complete. Mark.’

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Five. Complete. Mark.’

The other speaks. The voice is even.

Gorj raises the hand. Gorj touches the shoulder.

The other turns. The other stands.

Gorj speaks: ‘Gorj. Gorj is yellow.’

The other screams: ‘Eaaaagh!’

The other falls. The other is still.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Two. Pending. Mark.'

The skin is brown.

Gorj touches the face. The coverall is green on the brown face.

The pulse is uneven.

The other is still_.

Gorj speaks: ‘Gorj. Gorj is yellow_. Gorj speaks. Mark.’

The other is still.

Gorj sits.

The green coverall. The body. The body is still. The two legs. The torso. The head. The two arms. The skin is brown. The lids are closed.

Gorj touches the arm.

The pulse is even.

Gorj touches the torso. There. There. There.

The leg moves.

Gorj touches the leg.

The leg moves.

The eyes are brown.

Gorj is yellow. Gorj speaks:

‘Gorj. Gorj speaks.’

Gorj raises the hand. Gorj speaks: ‘The skin is brown.’

The other moves on the floor. The eyes are big.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Twenty. Complete. Mark.’

The other speaks: ‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Three. Complete.'

The other speaks. The other. Tarkel.

Gorj raises the hand. Gorj speaks: ‘Tarkel.’

Gorj raises the hand. Gorj speaks: 'Gorj.'

The body is Tarkel.

The body moves. The eyes are big. The eyes are brown on the white.

Gorj speaks: ‘Gorj. Gorj speaks. Tarkel.’

Gorj raises the hand. ‘Gorj is yellow. Gorj is the phase.’

The mouth is open.

Tarkel screams: ‘Eaaaaagh!’

Tarkel is inside.

Gorj screams: ‘Eaaaagh!'

The body moves on the floor.

Tarkel screams in the mouth: ‘Eaaaagh!'

There is the resonant ping.

Gorj screams: 'Eaaaagh.'

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Two. Commence. Mark.’

The body stands. Tarkel stands.

‘Tarkel. The level. Six. Generation. The cycle. Two. Commence. Maaark.’

Gorj screams: 'Maaaaaaaark!'

Gorj echoes. Gorj goes out.

The body Tarkel turns.

The eyes are big. The mouth is open.

Gorj screams: ‘Maaaaarkk!’

The body Tarkel falls.

Gorj stands.

The body Tarkel is still.

Gorj touches the Tarkel arm. The Tarkel arm moves. Gorj touches the Tarkel arm. The Tarkel arm moves.

The pulse is uneven.

Out of phase.

Gorj speaks: ‘Tarkel. Tarkel. Gorj speaks Tarkel.’

The eyes are brown.

Gorj sits.

The body moves. The sound. The mouth.

Tarkel is still.

Gorj speaks: ‘Tarkel.’

There is the blue.

Gorj goes out the long way. Gorj is yellow. The circle is open.

Tarkel is the long way. Tarkel is black.

Tarkel is the still. Tarkel is black.

Gorj raises the hand. The fingers are the green coverall.

Gorj speaks: ‘Tarkel. Gorj goes out.’

Gorj touches the face.

The face is uneven.

Tarkel screams: ‘Eaaaagh?'

There is the blue.

There is black in the blue.

The sound is red.

The Gorj sound is red.

There is Tarkel. There is no Gorj.

Gorj drives the hand on to the head.

Gorj speaks: ‘Graaaah!’

The entrance opens.

The entrance closes.

The hum.

Gorj is black. Gorj is...

The entrance opens.

The room is long. The light in the room is white. The console is long.

Gorj screams: ‘Aaaaaagh!’

The room is still.

The room is white.

On the large screen: The lines. White. Blue. Purple. Green. Pink. Orange. Yellow. Red. The lines fill the screen. The lights pulse. There. There. There. Red. Yellow. Blue. Green. Orange.

Gorj presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The lines...’

‘Abardon. The Water Monitor. Four. The central report. The section. The World circulation. The outflow. The cycle. Two. The Water Monitor. Six. Operative. The cycle. Three. The Water Monitor. Seven. Pending. The cycle. Four. The Water Monitor. Eight. Operative. The cycle. Five. The Water Monitor. Nine. Complete. The inflow. The cycle. Six. The Water Monitor. Five. Complete. The cycle.’

The black is in the blue.

Gorj is black.

Gorj screams: ‘Eeeeeeeeaaaaaaghhhh!'

The voice is near. ‘Four. The level. Ten. Complete. The cycle. Six. The level. One. Nine. Pending. The generation. The level. Two. The cycle. Ten. Operative. The cycle.’

Gorj screams: ‘Eeeeeeaaaaaaaghhhhhh!’

The red goes out.

The light in the room is white.

The room is long.

The voice is there. ‘Pending. The level. Six. The cycle. Three. Complete. The cycle. Two. Operative. The cycle.’

Gorj screams: ‘Eeeeeaaaaaaaghhhhhhh!

The console is long.

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

The sound: Thuuunk!

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

The sound: Thuuunk!

There is the resonant ping.

‘The Pool Monitor. The oxygen waste. One. Three. Six. The levels. The objective. Maintain. Mark.’

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

The sound: Thuuuunk!

Gorj screams: 'Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaghhhhh!'

The entrance opens. The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

The light in the room is blue.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Sit. Mark.’

Gorj sits.

The hum is there.

The hum vibrates...

There is the resonant ping.

‘In motion. Sit. Now.’

Gorj drives the two hands on to the console.

The sound: Cluuuunk!

There is no depth.

Gorj sits.

The hum is there.

Gorj echoes the hum: 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'

The sound is inside.

Gorj hums: 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'

The sound is inside. The sound is yellow.

The hum complete.

The entrance opens.

The light in the room is red.

The other sits at the console.

The light on the screen is blue. The black pulses on the blue.

Gorj walks. The floor is even.

Gorj hums: 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'

There is the resonant ping.

‘Poltor. The depth. Seven. One. The extraction cycle. Operative. Mark.’

The other speaks.

‘Poltor. The depth. Seven. One. The extraction cycle. Operative. Mark.’

Gorj touches the shoulder. Gorj hums: ‘Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

The other turns. The eyes are big. The mouth opens.

Gorj speaks: 'Hummmmm!'

The other falls. The other speaks: Grrrrreah!'

Gorj. The sound. The Gorj sound: ‘Haa haa haa haa haa!'

The yellow and the red are in phase.

Gorj turns. Gorj walks.

Gorj is here. The other is there.

Gorj. The Gorj sound: ‘Ha ha. Haa haaaa haaaa!'

The entrance opens. The entrance closes. The entrance opens.

The light in the cabin is yellow.

The green light pulses.

The bips pulse.

Gorj lies in the couch. Gorj closes the couch.

Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.

Gorj echoes: ‘Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip. Bip.’

There is the phase.

Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’. Bip-’Bip’.

The bips complete.

The hum is there.

Gorj hums: ‘Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'

The sky is blue.

The tower is below. The tower is bright. The windows are black.

The yellow light pulses.

The hum is there.

Gorj hums: ‘Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!'

Gorj is here.

Gorj is pink...

The light in the room is blue.

...IN. The white and the black. Moving.

In.

The body warms.

The black and the white move there.

'Report.'

The Machine speaks in the couch:

'Dysfunction. The Water Monitor.’

The black and the white are in the blue.

‘The details.’

‘The Water Monitor Tarkel. The Water Monitor. Four. Dysfunction. The action. Noninstrumental.'

‘The World Pattern.’

‘The World Pattern '

‘Hold.’

‘Hold.’

...IS ALONE.

The figure is on the white. The white is on the black. The depth.

The depth is black. The sound is near. Symer.

The Symer cycle. The World Agent. The depth.

The World. The World Agent. Symer.

Symer.

Hold.

The cycle.

Symer opens the couch. Symer stands. Symer is unsteady. The couch is steady.

...IS ALONE.

The depth is black. The figure is on the white. The white is on the black. The black is deep.

Symer. The World Agent.

The dysfunction.

The light in the room is blue.

The dysfunction. The boundary blue. Black. The extreme boundary condition. The dysfunction.

The cycle.

‘The record.’

‘No record. The actual status. The blue '

On the blue screen: The light in the room is yellow. The other moves. Here. There. The green coverall hand touches the green coverall arm. The other moves. Round. Round. ‘Tarkel Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ The other turns. The eyes are big. The arm rises. The other moves.

The touch. The dysfunction.

‘The cause.’

‘No cause. The World Pattern functions. The World Water Monitor cycle. Operative.’

The touch. The experience.

‘The experience dysfunction.’

‘The experience dysfunction.'

Out of boundary.

The programme. Six.

‘The Machine. Out of boundary. The programme. Six. The imprint. The boundary blue. The programme. Six. The cycle. Implement. Mark.’

‘The Machine. Out of boundary. The programme. Six. The imprint. The boundary blue. The programme. Six. The cycle. Implement. Mark.’

On the blue screen: The light in the room is yellow. ‘Tarkel Go to the Home. Now. Mark.’ The other moves. The arm rises. The hand touches the arm.

The touch. Out of boundary. The still body.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Machine. The cycle. Three. The light. Implement. Mark.

‘The Machine. The cycle. Three. The light. Implement. Mark.

On the blue screen: The other walks. The other walks. The head turns. Turns. Turns.

On the white screen:

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

On the black screen: The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The boundary blue.

The extreme boundary condition.

The context dysfunction.

Symer.

The dysfunction. Symer.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Symer dysfunction. The report.’

‘The Symer dysfunction. The analysis. The extreme boundary condition. The action. The boundary blue. The action. Operative.'

'Reference. The Symer dysfunction. The cause.’

‘No record.’

The blue record.

The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The sun is white at the centre of the black sky. The black.

The black is deep.

…ALONE.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. Quote: Alone. Definition.’

‘Reference. Quote: Alone. No definition.’

The figure is on the white. The figure moves. The black is there.

The black moves.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. Quote: Alone. Referent.’

'Reference. Quote: Alone. No referent.’

...IS ALONE.

The figure moves on the white. The figure is...

ALONE.

Alone. The figure is alone.

The dysfunction. The extreme boundary condition. Black.

The black is deep.

The figure is alone.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. Quote: The figure is alone. Referent.’

‘No referent.’

The extreme boundary condition.

The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

The white sun is at the centre of the black sky.

The black is deep. The figure moves on the white.

The white sun is at the centre of the black sky.

The anticentre.

The oscillation. The extreme boundary condition. The anticentre. The extreme boundary condition.

The figure moves on the white. The white is on the black.

The oscillation.

The figure is alone.

The cause.

Symer sits at the console.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. The white screen. The display. Reference. The blue record. The Machine. Repeat.’

‘The blue record. The Leader record. The records. Two. The analyses. Six. The actions. Two. Record. The Machine. Reference. The blue screen. Quote: The Leader goes out to the Northerner. Quote: Symer speaks to the Machine. Record. The analysis. One. The extreme boundary condition. The extreme reaction. The boundary. The antiboundary. The analysis. Two. Reference. The large screen.’

On the large screen:

THE ANALYSIS. TWO.

THE SECTION. ONE.
1 THE ENEMY IS WHITE AND BLUE.

THE SECTION. TWO.
2 GORJ IS NEAR.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE. THE VOICE IS...THERE.
5 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
6 GORJ IS HERE. GORJ IS GOING OUT.
7 THE SKY IS BLUE.
8 THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
9 THE NORTHERNER IS WHITE AND BLUE.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

THE SECTION. THREE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
14 GORJ SEES THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK. THE SUN CANNOT SEE THE BLACK.
15 THE BRIGHT AND THE BLACK ARE BLACK.
16 GORJ IS BLACK.
17 GORJ IS BLACK.
18 GO TO THE SUN.
19 GO TO THE SUN.
20 GO TO THE SUN. GORJ IS BLACK.
21 THE SUN IS BRIGHT.
22 GORJ IS THE SUN.
23 GORJ IS THE SUN. GORJ IS THERE.
24 THERE IS NO HERE.

THE SECTION. FOUR.
25 THE SUN IS ON THE HORIZON OF RISING. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.
26 THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. THE SUN IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BLUE SKY. MARK.
27 THE SUN IS ON THE HORIZON OF RISING. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.
28 THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. THE SUN IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE BLUE SKY. MARK.
29 NOT HERE. NOT HERE. NOT HERE.
30 THE VOICES. BLACK.NOT HERE. MARK.
31 THE VOICES. THE BLACK SCREEN. THE SUN IS WHITE. NOT HERE. THE SUN IS RED. MARK.

THE SECTION. FIVE.
32 THE SUN SEES THE BLACK.
33 THE SUN SEES THE BLACK.

‘The analysis. Three. The two cycles. The cycle. One.

The utterances. One to ten. The cycle. Two. The utterances. Ten to twentythree. Reference. The analysis. Four. The screen.’

‘The white screen.’

On the white screen:

‘Reference. The analysis. Five. The screen.

‘The yellow screen.’

On the yellow screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. THE SECTION. ONE.
THE VOICE. THE PHASE. THE RELATION.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE . THE VOICE IS...THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

‘The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action. The analysis. Five. The section. Three. The sequence. The voice is in phase. The oscillation. One. Complete. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The Leader and the Northerner are in relation. The centre and the anticentre are in relation. The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation. The analysis. Five. The section. Four. Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. The primary contact. The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle. The primary contact. Operative. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The analysis. Five. The section. Five. Reference. The analysis. Four. The cycle. Two. The sequence. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. Gorj is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The cycle. One. Complete. Here. There. The relation. Gorj is there. There is not here. The Northerner is the anticentre. The World Context dysfunction.

‘The analysis. Six. The Section. One. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern. Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The utterance. Five. Quote: Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. Reference. Quote: Gorj is going out. The definition. Gorj. The action. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader quote is going out. The Leader. The action. The relation. The referent. The relation. The Northerner. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The action. The relation. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader. Instrumental. The objective. The Northerner. The cycle. The Leader is here. The Leader goes out. The Northerner is there. The cycle. The Leader cycle.

‘The analysis. Six. The section. Two. Record. Reference. Quote: Nothing. The definition. No relation. Black. The black sky. The black is deep. Reference. Quote: No relation. The definition. The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. The objective. Pending. The World Pattern. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The Leader is no relation. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The World Pattern. The Leader is nothing. Gorj is nothing.

‘The action. One. The boundary blue. The action. Two. The Leader battle cycle. Complete.

'The blue record. Complete.'

On the black screen: The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The boundary blue.

The extreme boundary condition.

The boundary blue.

The primary contact.

The touch.

The anticentre.

The antipattern. The action. The relation. The primary contact. The Leader. The Northerner.

The figure on the sun is alone.

...ALONE.

The figure. The relation.

The black encompasses the white.

The anti...

The extreme boundary condition. Black.

The black is deep.

The black moves.

...IN.

In.

The black moves in.

The figure. The relation.

...IN.

The relation. In.

NOTHING.

Nothing.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. Quote: Nothing. Definition.’

‘Reference. Quote: Nothing. Definition. Reference. The blue record. The analysis. Six. The section. Two. Quote: No relation. Black. The black sky. The black is deep.’

The black is deep.

No relation.

Black. No relation.

The figure. The relation. In.

In the white.

The white sun.

The white sun is at the centre of the blue sky.

Blue.

The boundary blue.

The sky is black when the sun is below the horizon.

White. Blue. Black.

The Northerner is white and blue. The boundary.

The sun cannot see the black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

The bright and the black are black.

The sun sees the black.

Black. Black. Black. Black. Black.

The black. Black.

The sun cannot see the black.

The sun sees the black.

The black.

Gorj sees the bright and the black.

The sun sees the black.

The black. The black.

The bright and the black are black.

Black.

The bright is black.

NOTHING.

Nothing.

The bright is nothing.

The anticentre. The sun is black.

The bright and the black are black.

The bright and the black are nothing.

No relation.

The bright and the black are no relation.

The black is deep.

The no relation is deep.

The no relation is nothing.

The bright. No relation. The black.

The bright. Nothing. The black.

The bright. The black is deep. The black.

The bright is here. The black is there.

Symer is here. The console is there.

Here. No relation. There.

Here. Nothing. The black is deep. No relation. There.

Symer is...here.

There.

The figure on the white is here. The black is there.

The figure is alone.

...IS ALONE.

Symer is alone.

Symer is alone. Symer is no relation. Symer is nothing.

The Leader is nothing. Gorj is nothing.

Gorj is black.

Symer is black.

The black is deep.

The figure is on the white. The figure is in the white sun.

The centre.

No boundary. The boundary is black.

The extreme boundary condition.

The light in the room is blue. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Record. The blue record. The analysis. Seven. The section. One. Reference. Quote: The figure is on the white. The definition. The black encompasses the white. The white. No relation. The black. The white is alone. The black is deep. The centre. No boundary. The boundary is black. The black is nothing. The figure is alone. The section. Two. Reference.

Quote: Alone. The definition. No relation. Nothing. Here. There. The black is deep.’

‘Record. The blue record. The analysis. Seven. The section. One. Reference. Quote: The figure is on the white. The definition. The black encompasses the white. The white. No relation. The black. The white is alone. The black is deep. The centre. No boundary. The boundary is black. The black is nothing. The figure is alone. The section. Two. Reference.

Quote: Alone. The definition. No relation. Nothing. Here. There. The black is deep.’

Symer is alone.

The extreme boundary condition.

The boundary blue.

The light in the room is blue. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The boundary blue.

The Leader. The boundary blue.

The Leader is nothing. The extreme boundary condition.

The boundary blue.

The touch.

The primary contact.

The green coverall hand touches the green coverall arm.

The touch.

Out of boundary. The World Experience dysfunction. The other is closed.

Out of the World Context.

Closed.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. Machine. Reference. The screens. Clear.’

'Reference. The screens. Clear.'

Symer stands.

Symer speaks to the Machine. The light in the room is blue. The boundary blue. Operative.

Symer lies in the couch. Symer closes the couch. Closed.

Closed in.

...IN.

Symer is closed in. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The record.’

‘The record.’

‘The blue screen.’

On the blue screen: The light in the cabin is blue. The vehicle. The flight. The blue mode. The other lies in the couch. The couch is closed. ‘Tarkel! Tarkel.' The other screams. The hands drive at the couch. The legs drive at the couch. The other screams. ‘Tarkel! Eeeeeeeeks!’ The other screams.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue screen. The utterances. Record. Mark.

‘Reference. The blue screen. The utterances. Record. Mark.

Tarkel is closed in. Symer is closed in.

Symer drives the hand at the couch. The couch opens.

Symer stands. The skin moves.

The extreme boundary condition.

The boundary.

Tarkel!

Tarkel speaks: Tarkel!

Symer speaks to the Machine.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel.

Out of boundary.

The World Experience dysfunction.

The experience.

Speaks.

Speaks.

Here. Speaks. There. The relation.

The experience. Instrumental.

Here speaks to there. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel. Tarkel is closed in. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel

Symer speaks to Symer.

Symer!

Tarkel. Here there.

Out of boundary. The body is still. Closed in.

Tarkel speaks. Here. There. The relation.

The body moves. The hand touches the arm. The touch.

The touch. Speaks. Open. Here. There. The relation. The Tarkel hand touches the Tarkel arm. The relation. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel. The relation. Tarkel the relation Tarkel.

The experience dysfunction.

The context.

Symer sits at the console.

On the white screen:

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

The experience. The context. The pattern.

The World Pattern functions.

The World Context. The cycle. Complete.

The World Experience. Out of boundary.

The context. Instrumental. The cycle. Commence. Operative. Complete.

The action. The relation.

The World Context dysfunction.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Five. Repeat.'

On the yellow screen:

THE ANALYSIS. FIVE. THE SECTION. ONE.
THE VOICE. THE PHASE. THE RELATION.
3 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE.
4 THE VOICE IS IN PHASE . THE VOICE IS...THERE.
11 THE TWO VOICES ARE IN PHASE.
12 THE VOICES. THE COLOURS.
13 THE VOICES ARE BLACK. GORJ IS THE DISCHARGER. GORJ IS BRILLIANT.
10 THE NORTHERNER IS HERE. THE NORTHERNER IS IN PHASE. GORJ IS IN PHASE.

'The analysis. Five. The section. Two. Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. The voice is there. The relation. Gorj speaks to the Machine. The action. The analysis. Five. The section. Three. The sequence. The voice is in phase. The oscillation. Complete. The Northerner and Gorj are in phase. The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The Leader and the Northerner are in relation. The centre and the anticentre are in relation. The anticentre is the boundary. The anticentre is the relation. The analysis. Five. The section. Four. Reference. The Leader record. The record. One. The primary contact. The Leader and the Northerner walk to the Leader vehicle. The primary contact. Operative. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. The analysis. Five. The section. Five. Reference. The analysis. Four. The cycle. Two. The sequence. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is black. The Leader goes to the sun. The Leader is the sun. The Leader is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. Gorj is there. There is no here. The cycle. Two. Complete. The Leader and the Northerner are in phase. The cycle. One. Complete. Here. There. The relation. Gorj is there. There is not here. The Northerner is the anticentre. The World Context dysfunction.’

The action. Gorj speaks to the Machine.

The action. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel.

The anticentre is the relation. The Leader World Experience dysfunction. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel. The action. The relation.

The anticentre.

The anticentre is the boundary.

Out of boundary. The antiboundary. The body is closed in. The Tarkel hand touches the Tarkel arm. Tarkel speaks to Tarkel

Tarkel. The boundary.

The context. The boundary.

Tarkel. The body closed in. The Tarkel World Experience dysfunction.

The context. The boundary.

The World Context dysfunction. Gorj is there. There is not here.

Tarkel. Here. There.

Tarkel. There. Not here.

Here.

Symer is here. Symer is there.

Here. There...NOTHING.

Nothing.

Here. No relation. There.

The black is deep.

The Tarkel hand touches the Tarkel arm. Here. There. No relation. The hand. No relation. The arm.

Touches. The action. The relation.

The hand. Here. No relation. The arm. There.

Touches. The hand. Here. Touches. The relation. The arm. There.

The action.

The cycle.

The hand. No relation. The arm. The cycle.

The hand. Touches. The relation. The arm. The cycle.

The cycle. Pending. The cycle. Operative. The cycle. Complete.

Speaks.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel. The relation. The action.

Tarkel. No relation. Tarkel.

The cycle.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel Closed in. Closed in. The relation.

Tarkel speaks: Tarkel!

Symer speaks: The Machine. The cycle. Symer speaks:

The Machine. The Machine speaks: Symer. The cycle.

The cycle. Tarkel speaks: Tarkel. Tarkel speaks: Tarkel!

The cause.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The record. The utterances. Repeat.'

‘Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The record. The utterances. Now.

“Tarkel! Tarkel!”

“Tarkel!”

“Tarkel! Eeeeeeaghh!”

“Peeeeeks! Peeeeeeeeeeekssss!”

“Tarkel! Taaaarrkellll!”

“Tarkel. Tarkel. Tarkel. Taaaarrkellll!”

“Tarkel. Eeeeeeeks!”

“Tarkel! Grraaaaaah!”

"Tarkel. Tarkel. Gorjspeeeeks!”

“Maaaaaaarkk! Tarkel!”

“Grroooooootarkel!”

“Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Ooooooohhh!”

“Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Taaaaarrkellll! Gorgrrreeecks!”’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

The skin moves.

Out of boundary.

‘The Machine. Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The utterances. Repeat.'

‘Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The record. The utterances. Repeat. Now.

“Tarkel! Tarkel!”

“Tarkel!”

“Tarkel! Eeeeeeaghh!”

“Peeeeeks! peeeeeeeeeeekkkss!”’

‘The record. Hold.’

‘The record. Hold.’

‘The record. Repeat.'

‘The record. Repeat.

“Tarkel! Tarkel!”

“Tarkel!”

“Tarkel! Eeeeeeaghh!"

“Peeeeeks! peeeeeeeeeeeksss!"’

Tarkel screams.

Peeeks. Peeeeeeekss. Peeks.

Peeks.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Machine. Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. The record. The utterances. Number. Reference. The record. The utterances. Repeat.'

The Tarkel dysfunction. The record. The utterances. Number. Reference. The record. The utterances.

Repeat.

One. “Tarkel! Tarkel!”

Two. “Tarkel!”

Three. “Tarkel! Eeeeeeaghh!”

Four. “Peeeeeks! Peeeeeeeeeeekssss!”

Five. “Tarkel! Taaaarrkelll!”

Six. “Tarkel. Tarkel. Tarkel. Tarkelll!”

Seven. “Tarkel. Eeeeeeeks!”

Eight. “Tarkel! Grraaaaaah!”

Nine. “Tarkel. Tarkel. Gorjspeeeeks!”

Ten. “Maaaaaaarkk! Tarkel!”

Eleven. “Grroooooootarkel!”

Twelve. “Tarkell! Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Ooooooohhh!”

Thirteen. “Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Taaaaarrkelll! Gorgrrreeecks!”

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. Reference. The record. The utterances. The utterances. Four. Seven. Nine. Ten. Thirteen. Repeat.’

'The Tarkel dysfunction. Reference. The record. The utterances. The utterances. Four. Seven. Nine. Ten. Thirteen. Repeat.

Four. “Peeeeeks! Peeeeeeeeeeekssss!”

Seven. “Tarkel. Eeeeeeeks!”

Nine. “Tarkel. Tarkel. Gorjspeeeeks!’

Ten. “Maaaaaaarkk! Tarkel!”

Thirteen. “Tarkel! Tarkel! Tarkel! Taaaaarrkellll! Gorgrrreeecks!”

Maaaaaaaark! Maaaaarkk!

Mark.

Peeeeks. Eeeeeeks. Peeeks.

Gorj speeeeks.

Speaks.

Gorj speaks.

Gorj. The Leader.

Speaks. Pouches. The primary contact. The Northerner.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The Leader. The actual status.'

‘Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The Leader. The actual status. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Pending.'

'The Leader. Reference. Quote: The actual status. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Pending. Acknowledge. Repeat. The Leader. The actual. status.’

'The Leader. The actual status. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Pending.’

‘Reference. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Definition.’

‘Reference. The Leader attack cycle. The objective_. Three. Definition. The transfer. The Leader vehicle.’

The transfer.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'The Leader attack cycle. Reference. The objective. Three. Reference. The Leader vehicle. The actual status.’

‘Reference. The Leader attack cycle. Reference. The objective. Three. Reference. The Leader vehicle. The actual status. The attack sector. The objective. One. The World attack cycle.'

The Leader. The transfer.

Tarkel. Gorj speaks.

Tarkel speaks: Tarkel! Tarkel speaks: Gorj speaks.

Gorj speaks: Tarkel.

Tarkel speaks: Tarkel! Gorj speaks: Tarkel.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel: Tarkel! Gorj speaks Tarkel.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel. The relation. The action. Tarkel! Gorj speaks: Tarkel.

Gorj speaks to Tarkel.

Tarkel speaks to Tarkel.

Touches.

Tarkel touches Tarkel.

Gorj touches Tarkel. Tarkel touches Tarkel.

The primary contact. Gorj touches Tarkel.

Tarkel screams. Tarkel screams.

Tarkel is Gorj. Tarkel is Tarkel.

Here. There.

Tarkel is Gorj. Here. Tarkel is Tarkel. There.

Tarkel touches Tarkel. There. Not here.

Gorj not here.

Gorj not here. Tarkel is Gorj touches Tarkel is Tarkel.

The centre and the anticentre. The Leader and the Northerner.

The Northerner is not here. Gorj is Gorj. Gorj is the Northerner. Not here.

Gorj is Gorj. Tarkel is the Northerner. The Northerner is not here. Tarkel is here.

The centre. The anticentre. Gorj. The Northerner.

The centre. The anticentre. Tarkel. The Northerner.

The centre. The anticentre. Gorj. Tarkel.

The centre. The anticentre. Tarkel. Tarkel.

Gorj.

Gorj goes out. Gorj. The action.

Gorj goes to the Northerner.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'Machine. Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. Number. The dysfunction. One. Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. The actual status. The dysfunction. Two. The dysfunction. Three. Test.'

‘Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. Reference. The Tarkel dysfunction. Number. The dysfunction. One. Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. The actual status. The dysfunction. Two. The dysfunction. Three. Test.'

Gorj goes to the Northerner.

The anticentre.

Gorj goes out. The anticentre.

Gorj is here. Gorj goes out. The relation. The Northerner. Tarkel. The cycle.

The cycle. The anticentre. The cycle. The World Context. Gorj goes out. The antiworld context cycle.

The pattern.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Six. Repeat.’

‘Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Six. Repeat. The analysis. Six. The section. One. Reference. The Leader record. The analysis. One. The Leader World Pattern dysfunction. The Leader nonpattern. Reference. The blue record. Reference. The analysis. Two. The utterance. Five. Quote: Gorj is here. Gorj is going out. Reference. Quote: Gorj is going out. The definition. Gorj. The action. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader quote is going out. The Leader. The action. The relation. The referent. The relation. The Northerner. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader goes out to the Northerner. The action. The relation. The Leader nonpattern. The Leader. Instrumental. The objective. The Northerner. The cycle. The Leader is here. The Leader goes out. The Northerner is there. The cycle. The Leader cycle.

‘The analysis. Six. The section. Two. Record. Reference. Quote: Nothing. The definition. No relation. Black. The black sky. The black is deep. Reference. Quote: No relation. The definition. The World Battle cycle. The Leader battle cycle. Out of phase. The Leader battle cycle. Operative. Pending. The World Pattern. The Leader antipattern. No relation. The World Pattern. The Leader is nothing. Gorj is nothing.’

Symer is nothing.

The extreme boundary condition.

Gorj is nothing.

Gorj is nothing. The anticentre.

Gorj goes out. The action.

The Leader cycle. The Leader. The relation. The Northerner.

The Leader cycle. Gorj. The relation. Tarkel. Symer is still. The extreme boundary condition. Tarkel moves. Out of boundary. Tarkel. The relation.

Tarkel.

Gorj goes out. The action. Gorj. The relation. The Northerner. Tarkel.

The Leader nonpattern.

Gorj. The pattern.

Gorj is nothing.

The antiworld pattern.

Gorj is nothing. Gorj is black. The black is deep.

The figure moves on the white. The black encompasses the white. The extreme boundary condition.

Gorj is black. The black is deep. Gorj encompasses the white. The figure moves on the white.

The figure moves.

Symer is still. Tarkel is in the couch. The couch is closed.

Gorj goes out. Gorj moves.

Gorj is black. The figure moves on the white.

Black. White.

The figure moves on the white. The extreme boundary condition.

The figure moves. The action. The relation.

The figure is in relation.

Gorj is in relation. The Northerner. Tarkel.

Symer is still. Symer is nothing. No relation.

The figure is alone.

...IS ALONE.

Gorj is alone.

Gorj goes out.

There is the resonant ping.

'Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. Reference. The actual status. The dysfunction. Two. The dysfunction. Three. Test. The dysfunction. Two. The Water Monitor Poltor. Out of phase. The Poltor vehicle. The flight cycle. The Poltor Home. The Water Monitor. Four. The tower. Seven. The Poltor Home. The Poltor vehicle. The cycle. Complete. The Poltor cycle. The flight. The Poltor Home. The Water Monitor. Four. The tower. Seven. Complete. The flight. The Water Monitor. Four. The Poltor Home. Pending. The actual. status. The Poltor vehicle. The Poltor Home. Poltor. The Water Monitor. Four. The tower. Seven. The Deep Extraction Inspection. The Poltor vehicle. Poltor. Out of phase.'

‘Reference. Poltor. The actual status.'

‘Reference. Poltor. The actual status. The blue screen.'

On the blue screen: The light in the room is red. The other sits on the floor. The hands touch the shoulders. The body is still.

The hands touch the shoulders. The touch. The primary contact.

‘Reference. Poltor. The utterances. The record.’

‘No record. No utterances.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The Poltor dysfunction. The Poltor Home. The actual status.’

‘Reference. The Poltor dysfunction. The Poltor Home. The actual status. The blue screen.’

On the blue screen: The light in the room is yellow. The couch is closed. The other is in suspension. The monitor is at the neck. The nutrition links are at the arm. The extractor is at the torso. The skin is brown.

Gorj.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

'The Machine. Record. Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. Now. The suspension. The Poltor Home.’

‘Record. Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. Now. The suspension. The Poltor Home.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The World Machine. The World Agent. Acknowledge.’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

‘Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. The Poltor Home. Mark.’

‘Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. The Poltor Home.'

'Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. The action. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. Implement.’

‘Reference. Gorj. The Leader. The actual status. The action. The Leader attack cycle. The objective. Three. Complete. The Leader battle cycle. Complete. Implement.’

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Machine. Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. Reference. The dysfunction. Two. The action. One. The flight cycle. Commence. The cycle. The Poltor vehicle. The cycle. Poltor. In phase. The Water Monitor. Four. The Tower. Seven. The action. Two. Poltor. The boundary blue. Prepare. The action. One. Implement. The action. Two. Pending. Mark.’

‘Reference. The Water Monitor. Four. Reference. The dysfunction. Two. The action. One. The flight cycle. Commence. The cycle. The Poltor vehicle. The cycle. Poltor. In phase. The Water Monitor. Four. The tower. Seven. The action. Two. Poltor. The boundary blue. Prepare. The action. One. Implement. The action. Two. Pending. Mark.’

Gorj. Out of pattern. The Leader.

Gorj. The Leader.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Machine. Reference. The Leader dysfunction. The action. Two. Reference. The Leader battle cycle. The actual status. The cycle. Operative. Complete. Pending. Reference. The cycle. Complete. The Gorj Home. The boundary blue. Prepare. The action. Three. The cycles. Imprint. Prepare. The action. Two. Implement. Complete. The Leader battle cycle. The action. Three. Implement. Gorj in suspension. The imprint. One. The Leader cycle. The imprint. Two. The Leader battle cycle. Mark.’

'Reference. The Leader dysfunction. The action. Two. Reference. The Leader battle cycle. The actual status. The cycle. Operative. Complete. Pending. Reference. The cycle. Complete. The Gorj Home. The boundary blue. Prepare. The action. Three. The cycles. Imprint. Prepare. The action. Two. Implement. Complete. The Leader battle cycle. The action. Three. Implement. Gorj in suspension. The imprint. One. The Leader cycle. The imprint. Two. The Leader battle cycle. Mark.’

The Leader dysfunction.

The Tarkel dysfunction.

The Poltor dysfunction.

Gorj goes out. Gorj touches Tarkel. The dysfunction. Gorj touches Poltor. The dysfunction.

Gorj touches the Northerner.

The dysfunction.

The Northerner touches Gorj. The Leader.

The dysfunction.

Symer presses the cluster of red lights. There is the resonant ping.

‘The Machine. Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The primary contact. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The Northerner. The dysfunction. The record.’

'Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The primary contact. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The Northerner. The dysfunction. The record. No record.’

‘Reference. The World Battle cycle. Reference. The Northern battle cycle. The actual status. The anomaly. Test.'

The Leader dysfunction. The analysis. The action. Complete.

The imprint. The Leader cycle. Gorj. The Leader. The World Pattern functions. The Leader dysfunction. The analysis. The action.

Reference. The World Pattern. Reference. The World Battle cycle. Reference. The Leader battle cycle.

The extreme boundary condition. The dysfunction. The action. Reference. The World Pattern.

The Symer dysfunction. The action. Reference. The World Pattern. The boundary blue.

...IS ALONE.

Reference. The World Pattern. The boundary blue. The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

The figure moves on the white. The black encompasses the white. The black is deep.

NOTHING.

The black moves.

The skin moves.

The extreme boundary condition. The action. The boundary blue.

The figure moves. The black moves.

The extreme boundary condition. Still. The World Pattern functions.

The figure moves on the white.

...IS ALONE.

There is the resonant ping.

‘Reference. The World Battle cycle. Reference. The

Northern battle cycle. The actual status. The anomaly. Test. No anomaly.'

'Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The primary contact. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The actual status.'

'Reference. The Leader dysfunction. Reference. The primary contact. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The actual status. The blue screen.’

On the blue screen: The light in the room is yellow.

The couch is closed. The other is in suspension. The monitor is at the neck. The nutrition links are at the arm. The extractor is at the torso. The skin is white.

'Reference. The blue screen. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The designation.'

'Reference. The blue screen. Reference. Quote: The Northerner. The designation. Terkon.'

Terkon.

The analysis. Complete. The action. Pending.

The imprint. The Leader. Gorj.

The Northerner is white and blue.

The Northerner is white.

Blue.

Blue.

The sky is blue.

The sun is white at the centre of the blue sky.

White. Blue. White. Blue.

The analysis. Complete. The action. Pending.

Symer stands.

White. Black.

The figure moves on the white. Gorj goes out. Gorj is black.

The black moves.

Gorj. The analysis. The action. Complete.

The couch is open.

The couch is closed. Symer drives the hand at the couch. Closed.

...IN.

Closed in.

The black moves. The black is deep.

The sound.

Symer screams.

The extreme boundary condition. The closed cycle. The oscillation. The World Pattern functions.

The black moves.

NOTHING.

The black is deep.

The black. Nothing. No relation.

Tarkel. No relation. Gorj. Tarkel screams. The black is deep. The black moves.

The black encompasses the white.

Symer screams.

Tarkel screams: Aaaaaaarghh!

Symer screams: 'Aaaaaaaaaarghhhh!'

The black moves.

The white. The white.

The figure moves on the white.

...IS ALONE.

No relation.

Symer is unsteady. Symer screams: 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrghh!'

Symer sits.

Symer is still.

The World Pattern functions.

...IN.

The figure moves in the white.

The figure...

...TURNS IN.

The figure. The black encompasses.

THE BLACK IS DEEP. THE DEEP SPACE IS NOTHING. MAN IS ALONE. MAN TURNS IN.

The black moves in Symer. The black screams: ‘Aaaaaaaaa! aaarrrrghhhh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Grrrraaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Grrraaaaaaaaaaaaahuhhhh!’

The black moves in Symer. The black moves. Druuuunkk! Kruuuunk! Pjaaaaang!

The black screams: ‘Grrrraaaaaaaaaaaachhhh! Graaaaaaaaaaachchch! Krreeeeeeeeaaaaghh! Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahh! Eeeeeeeaaaaaagh!’

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

‘Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaahhhh!’

Kchnuunk! Kchnuuunk! Pjaaaang!

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

The black screams: 'Kreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaagh!' Kreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaagh! Gerrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooow! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!'

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

In the white: ‘SYMER! SYMER! SYMER!’

In the white: ‘KONRAD! KONRAD! KONRAD!’

In the white: ‘THE CENTRE! THE CENTRE! THE CENTRE!’

In the white: ‘ONLY DEATH! ONLY DEATH! ONLY DEATH!’

Symer screams: 'Aaaaaaagh! Aaaaaaaaagh! Aaaaaagh! Aaaaaaagh!’

In the white: The figure speaks. The figure is...

Symer speaks: ‘ME!’

In the black: ‘AT CEE ACTUALITY CHANGES. CEE IS ABSOLUTE. THE HARE AND THE TURTLE.’

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

Symer speaks in the black: ‘ACTUALITY IS AN INFINITE CURVE. REALITY IS THE ABSOLUTE CEE. THE TOTALITY EM IS ABSOLUTE CEE.’

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

Symer stands.

My knees are stiff. My head is aching. There’s no air in here.

‘Look. Put it this way. Konrad. The universe is light.’

That’s how Lynch puts it. All the tests prove it. Gerborn can live in hope. The Lightspeed Mission spent fifty years accelerating. Last transmission was at point nine seven of cee.

‘Lynch said it was almost pure light. Maybe that’s what the ship is now.'

I told Kerchovnik. I hammered her table. At that point I didn't care.

‘You have to decide!'

Most of them behave as they have always done. But at the top. That’s where it matters. It might take generations. but they’ll fall in on themselves sooner or later.

‘You have to do what is possible with the available technology. No point in chasing after the impossible. It’s not that we can't reach the stars. We can. But it takes too long.'

My knees are stiff.

'Is there a window in this place?'

I had better sit down.

‘The World Agent. The World Agent. The World Agent.’

My name is Konrad.

‘What do you want?’

‘The World Agent. The World Machine. Go to the couch. The boundary blue. The action. Implement. Now.'

No!

Yes.

‘World Machine. This is Konrad. Acknowledge.’

‘Konrad. The World Machine. Acknowledge.’

‘I’ve broken through the imprint...Oh...Code. The World Pattern. White condition. Mark.’

‘The code. The World Pattern. The white condition. Mark.

‘Hold.’

‘Hold.’

What do I do now? Take a look at my creation? The World Pattern. The Immortal Earth.

‘World Machine. Konrad.’ Should I let my curiosity take me over? It might be safer to be reimprinted at once.

'Konrad. The World Machine.’

How long? How old am I? Does the Pattern hold?

‘Reference the World Pattern. Actual status.’

‘Reference. The World Pattern. The actual status. The World Pattern functions.'

That should be enough. It does hold. I was right. Man can have immortality. All we needed was a total system.

‘We need to concentrate on the positive system. Set the boundary and stay within it. Do you see? A finite system is possible. Only concentrate on its finity.’

That to Kerchovnik. Otherwise mankind will turn in on itself. Then the system we have, the World System, would collapse. There would be no reason for maintaining it.

‘Understand what is obvious to you all. Our science and technology are based on the concept of progress. They are based only on that. Human science at root is a mental structure. Don’t you, as scientists, be fooled by the emphasis on the positive. The basis lies in the concept of progress, not in the apparent givenness of natural laws and processes.’

That to the W.S.C.

Cee was the limit. That had been argued for centuries. Well. we reached that limit.

‘The real limit to man’s potentiality lies inside himself. It lies in his patience. Space missions that take thousands of years would push man to the limit of his patience. Understand. Man lives only a few hundred years. That is a man’s life. Not preparing a mission that will have no possible result for many many generations. Science is not a religion.'

Where did I write that? Against Gerborn. Yes.

'World Machine. Konrad. Code Earth. Mark.’

I’m giving in to curiosity.

‘Konrad. The World Machine. The code. Earth. Mark.’

‘The World Date.’

‘The World Date. Julian. One. Four. Seven. Two. Seven. Six. Six. Six.’

Forty thousand. It works! Over thirtythree thousand years!

I had better make the enquiries. Gerborn might have made it.

‘World Machine. Konrad. Code Earth. Mark.’

‘Konrad. The World Machine. The code. Earth. Mark.’

‘The Magellani Mission. Actual status.’

‘The Magellani Mission. The actual status. The last transmission. Julian. Four. Zero. Eight. Four. Zero. Eight. Four. Quote:’

The black moves. The black screams: 'Greeeeeeeeeaaaaagh! Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaagh! Grrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!'

That was me!

The black moves. The light! The light!

The black screams: ‘Gurrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeh!’

The light! Move in the light!

‘Light! Light!’

The black moves.

NOTHING.

‘Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrghhh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Light! Liiiiiiiiighttt!’

The black...

UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO LIVE. THEY DESTROY THEMSELVES AND CALL IT LIVING.

The black moves. The black is deep. The black moves.

UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING A RITUAL. SCIENTISTS ARE...

The black is nothing. The black has no end. No end.

...GIVING UP. THE LIMITS ARE REAL.

‘Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Heeeeeeeeaaaahhh! Heeeeeeeeeeaaaaagh! Huh Huh! Huh! Heeeeeeeeaaghhh! KeeeeeeaaaaaaaghhhhK!’

FOR SOME DEATH IS PREFERABLE. THEY THROW AWAY WHAT IS SEEN TO BE USELESS.

‘Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!’

Am I going mad? What has happened?

Black?

‘World Machine. Konrad. What is wrong with me?'

'Reference. The World Machine. The utterance. Noninstrumental.’

Non-instrumental?

‘What’s wrong with me?’

Wrong? Wrong? Dysfunction.

‘World Machine. Reference Konrad dysfunction. Definition.'

‘Reference. The Konrad dysfunction. Definition. Out of pattern. The white condition. The anticentre. Black.’

Black.

The black moves.

‘I don’t want to die!’

IS THIS WHAT WE GAVE UP OUR SEXUALITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS FOR?

Is this life?

‘The action. The imprint. The Immortal Symer cycle. Go to the couch. Now.’

I don’t want to die!

Thirtythree thousand years old! How can I ever grasp that'

I stopped living in ‘35. Something else has lived in this body since then.

Look at it!

Sexless! Automaton!

But I don’t want to die.

Go to the couch. Get re-imprinted. I will go mad if I try to grasp this situation. Thirtythree thousand years!

‘What’s the point?’

There’s nothing from deep space. Nothing.

‘I was right! There’s nothing for us in deep space!’

There was only death. The machines did everything.

‘The machines do everything because it is possible for the machines to do everything. That's progress. Understand!'

Only death! Only death!

I’m going to scream again. I can feel it coming up.

'It's so powerful! Gerrrr. Gerrrrrr. Gaaaaaahh! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Gerrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeaaahhh!'

It’s so powerful!

'Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaahhhhh! Grrr. Grrrruhh! Grrruuuuuuhh!'

What is in me? What has been caged up for thirtythree thousand years?

Life?

Is this my life?

Black. Moving. Deep.

It’s not me!

'Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgh! Aaaaaaaaaarrgh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghh! Aaaaaah! Aaaaaah! Ahhhhhh!’

Ahh!

It's like an orgasm.

Perhaps I can handle it. Perhaps.

‘World Machine. Konrad.‘

‘Konrad. The World Machine.'

And? What do I want to know? The system works. I’m thirtythree thousand years old. No news from deep space.

What else?

Kerchovnik! See what she looks like now.

Yes.

‘World Machine. Reference Code Earth. Reference the Immortal Record. Reference the human Kerchovnik. Immortal designation.'

‘Reference. The code. Earth. Reference. The Immortal record. Reference. The human Kerchovnik. The Immortal designation. The Immortal designation. Merkan.'

What’s that?

THE BLUE RECORD. THE MACHINE.

Merkan. Merkan. Kerchovnik.

Korchovnik. She would look like a plastic doll. Sexless. Not the Kerchovnik I remember.

She was so...

It was possible. That’s why we did it.

She accepted the option.

We all did.

We knew the alternative.

Lynch. then.

Lynch? But he of all of us welcomed it the most.

It wouldn’t be Lynch anymore.

No. It’s a trivial curiosity. There would be no point to it.

The couch then. What else?

‘World Machine. Konrad. Reference the Konrad dysfunction. Analysis. World Pattern dysfunction. White condition. Action. Imprint. The Immortal cycle. Implement now. Mark.’

‘Konrad. The World Machine. Reference. The Konrad dysfunction. The analysis. The World Pattern dysfunction. The white condition. The action. The imprint. The Immortal cycle. Implement. Now. Mark.’

It’s coming again.

Huh! Huh!

It’s like... It’s like water at night.

‘Huuh! Huuh!’ It‘s like drowning in a dark pool. ‘Huuh! Huuh! Huh! Huuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaarrrrghhh! Huuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaaarrrrrgch! Uuuuuuuaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeh! Huh! Huh! Huuh. Huuh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrghh! Aarrrrrrrrk! AaaaaarrrrrrK! Ack! Ack! Huh. Heh. Hu. Hu. Hu.’

No wonder my head aches!

'Konrad. The World Machine. Go to the couch. Now. Mark.’

The blue record? What's that?

‘World Machine. Mark.'

The tubes and the leads go in automatically.

Ah! My knees are stiff. Lack of exercise.

Should I go down again? Think what it would be like otherwise.

Yes. We established limits on the outside and on the inside. But no limits to living itself.

I don’t think I want to face that.

We obliterated temporality, but life goes on and on.

I should try to sleep. No. The monitor will do that.

Ah. Here it is.

No sensation.

Now...So gentle...Ohh.

Blue record? Why? A reminder?

It’s trans-suspension!

What was wrong?

Why did I break through the imprint?

There must be something drastically wrong.

Wrong...Oh...