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[Before re-entry, Calvina is taking one last opportunity to brood at the amazing view from the Observation Deck, taking in the sight of the Earth growing imperceptibly larger, and the stars bordering it. She looks as collected as usual, but she grips a hand rail tightly, emotions churning internally. For the sake of having an interactable post, she speaks quietly to herself.]
That colony...almost everyone was dead before we even arrived. Just a handful more of "sole survivors" who get to go on living with that horror. Is this happening everywhere? Could the Thoughts of Ascension--
--no. Same effect, different means. Besides, it's not like we had a Sophium stockpile...this was a result of spiritual insanity and bad intelligence getting us to the battlefield late, nothing more. If I start looking for "clues" everywhere, I'll go insane. Better just focus on my current mystery now.
That colony...almost everyone was dead before we even arrived. Just a handful more of "sole survivors" who get to go on living with that horror. Is this happening everywhere? Could the Thoughts of Ascension--
--no. Same effect, different means. Besides, it's not like we had a Sophium stockpile...this was a result of spiritual insanity and bad intelligence getting us to the battlefield late, nothing more. If I start looking for "clues" everywhere, I'll go insane. Better just focus on my current mystery now.