彡 [001 ; audio]
[there's a small snap and static buzz as the recording device is flicked]
--inconvenient time to be dreaming. Oh, there it goes.
This is Graham Aker reporting; base, Katagiri, do you copy? If you can track me, coordinates or assistance would be appreciated. Whatever's going on, I'm sure this isn't Illinois anymore. Doesn't look like any place in the Union I've been before...
[a significant pause before he continues, an undertone of impatience in his voice]
This is an exercise in futility, isn't it?