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stickmaker) wrote2007-11-11 01:05 pm
stickmaker) wrote2007-11-11 01:05 pm
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Novel Excerpt
Tinkering a bit on a novel with the working title _Deep Space_. Cayle is a human engineer in charge of improving human defenses. Peersh is a member of a species uplifted by the Vig, the oldest extant civilization. She was in charge of a multi-cultural effort to defend the Vig homeworld against a mysterious menace, since the Vig no longer maintain conventional defenses. Here's a recently-written excerpt:
"I do have one question," said Cayle. "What would the Vig have done if we had failed?"
"I asked," said Admiral Peersh. "I was told 'a non-causal loop will be engaged.'"
"And that means?"
"I've learned not to ask."
"I do have one question," said Cayle. "What would the Vig have done if we had failed?"
"I asked," said Admiral Peersh. "I was told 'a non-causal loop will be engaged.'"
"And that means?"
"I've learned not to ask."