[ hologram ; ]

[threehalfs]

[ a pair of distorted, flickering hologram images come into view-- one purple-red, Chi, speaks like a child. Boy or girl, it's hard to tell. The gold one, Psi, is male. Maybe teenage.

Both are in extremely bad shape. ]

Is4Ac? Isa4C wh_rE did '/ou g000 R you HIding?

Agent M4inE's signat__e not dete/////'d. He 15 not pres3nt On the staTion. T'/pical. Hum4ns.

Oh nooOoo. WhAAat ab_Ut mM3rry?

[ Psi's projection turns to his sibling. ]

I_ 5he manag#s 2 fiIind us befbefbefBEF0re our d''''($*k fa1ls, iTTtt 1s very unli3klY sh3'LL s1nk with Us aga1N, chIi.

i know, but/////$*@)

[ The projection dims again-- clearly fading fast. ]