Native America

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This is Cane to Mission Control,

for the records.

This is the next phase

to complete,

the... most rational method

of solving the problems

that have arisen.

'The problem that has arisen.

'I am that problem.'

This is the rational solution.

Awan was...

...everything to me.

'Home.'

For all of our parallel life,

I felt what she felt.

Without her to tell me,

I am not even sure

if I am one of you anymore.

Now she is gone.

'Eva loathes me.

'I understand.

I am unable to contribute.

'I am a phantom limb. Adrift.'

We, uh...

have tried to develop

a stronger link

during our time together,

but it...

it cannot replace

what has been lost.

Eva's not to blame for this.

She is strong.

I am not.

[Eva] 'Cane.'

Cane.

Oh!

[Awan and Cane] 'Hold.

Stay. Move with me.

'One, two. And move. Together.

'Slow.

'Now. One, two, three. Engage.'

- [Awan] 'One, two, three.'

- [Cane] 'One, two, three.'

[Cane] 'Ah! Again. Now settle.'

[Delin] Twins.

- 'Come with me. We move.'

- Cane and Awan. They work well.

[Matilda] 'Under these

easy conditions perhaps.'

[Delin]

'This is the most complex

'telepathic test we have,

Commander.'

- [Cane and Awan] 'Three. One.'

- Push them.

[Cane]

'Start again from naught.'

Faster.

- [Awan] 'I can't keep up.'

- [Cane] 'Yes, you can.'

[Cane and Awan] 'Stay with me.

Do not be distracted.'

- Faster.

- [Awan] 'It hurts.'

[Cane] 'It is temporary.

We keep moving. We go.'

[Awan] 'Yes. We move.

We keep moving.'

[Cane] 'Allow it to ebb.

Concentrate on the rhythm.

'The mathematics.'

[Cane and Awan] 'You are with

me. We are there. It is us.'

- [Awan] 'Cane!'

- [Cane] 'Awan. I have you.'

- [Awan] 'Thank you, brother.'

- [Cane] 'We are there.'

[Delin] 'Eva and Seth

of the Sash Hive.

'Their father led

the colonization

'of the ninth binary system.

'Their lineage is renowned.'

[Matilda]

'Their bond is strong.'

[Crackling

and faint music playing]

[Faint sound]

[ Faint music plays]

[ Beethoven's Fifth plays]

[Cane] 'There it is again.

'Strong today.'

[Man] 'We have never heard

sound like it before.

'It has harmonics

we cannot create.'

- [Cane] 'Do you study it?'

- [Man] 'No.

'I listen every day.'

[Cane]

'It is always strongest here

'at this place

and at this time.'

[ Music plays]

[Cane] 'It is nearly my time

to discover it.'

[Awan] 'Cane.

I am at Mission Control.

'You are

at the listening place again?'

[Cane] 'Yes, sister.'

[Awan] 'You must return.'

[ Music plays]

[Crackling and music playing]

[Matilda] 'Pioneers,

you will leave this old world

'and cut a path across

the universe to a new one.

'We do not know

the precise dangers,

'but you will be armed

with a living virus

'to be activated on arrival.

'We do not know

when we will see you again,

'but these many years for us

will be few to you.'

You're apprehensive.

I'm curious.

- [Seth] 'I will miss you.'

- [Eva] 'I will miss you.'

[Seth and Eva]

'We will never break contact.

'I will be with you

at every step.'

[Matilda]

'Intelligence has reached us

'and we will find the sender.

'It will be

our most remote colony,

'and as such this is

our most perilous mission.

'In our minds, we are with you.

'Your twin will instruct you.

'They will be the link to

the Hive, to Mission Control.

'You will enter into a routine.

'A routine

that will keep you sane.

'You will work together

'You will work

for the good of us all.

'Cane.

'Eva.

'These will be my final words

to you both.

'You must depart

into stranded night,

'for your destiny is to appear

fruitful out of the lightness

'that passing of time evokes.

'Beware small steps.'

What do you think the

destination planet will be like?

It is too far to say.

We can only suppose.

Its physical characteristics

will become more defined,

as we get closer.

And if we suppose?

We need more information.

It could be another Hive,

like our own.

This is unlikely.

If another hive were to exist,

we would surely sense it.

[Alert bleeps]

The hydrogen is cooling.

It is my responsibility.

You must eat your food.

[Alert bleeps]

[Cane] 'Mission control. Awan.

'Do you hear me?'

[Awan] 'Yes. Go ahead.'

[Cane] 'There appears to be

a problem with the hydrogen.

'We may have strayed off course.

'We are checking the telemetry.'

[Awan] 'We advise that you deal

with the problem manually.

'Take control away from

the ship. Cooling will occur.

'If you level the core quickly,

'the issue will be righted

and the danger averted.'

Override to manual.

[Awan] 'Status report, brother?'

[Cane] 'Status now normal.'

[Awan] 'Hand over

to ship control.'

Hydrogen temperatures leveling.

I miss your presence

and the noise of the Hive.

[Awan] 'Our minds are connected.

Do not miss me.'

[Cane] 'You say that,

yet I'm having difficulties

'in controlling these feelings.

'I have problems

connecting with Eva.'

[Awan] 'You have time

for it to develop.

'It is important

that you allow it to.'

[Cane] 'I hear you, sister.

'I understand that I must.'

You are fast.

You were faster

with your brother.

I must improve.

[Bleep]

[Cane] 'The sensation of stasis

is strange.

'It is has that feeling

of being disappeared.

'Wiped from existence.'

[Awan] 'I remember the feeling

from the training simulations.'

[Cane] 'Yes. Maybe.

But this is different.

'The distance. The isolation.

'Nothing can filter through.

'We are so far.

Past star systems and colonies.

'And... and consciousness

is sucked away.

'Without thought.

Without dreams.

'What are we

without these things?

'When I am there,

'do I exist?

'And when I am here,

as we move at this speed,

'it is hard to state

exactly where we are.'

[Awan] 'It is strange

for me too, Cane,

'to not have you there.

'But you are on course

to the signal.'

[Cane] 'Yes. We are on course.'

[Awan] 'I have news.

'I am pregnant.'

[Cane] 'Do you know how many?'

[Awan] 'Four. You may begin

to sense them soon.

'That is what we hope.

'There may be a connection.'

[Cane] 'It will be welcome.

'I will inform you

'when their telepathic

connection comes into being.'

Awan is pregnant.

She's going to have children.

Children! That is unexpected.

How many?

Four.

So few?

It's a family trait.

You would prefer twins.

Their more intense connection

would be good for you.

Four will still bring

a strong connection.

Eva is entering stasis.

Cane on deck.

[Cane] 'There is nowhere

for my thoughts to go.

'The silence is not easy.'

[Awan] 'You must find comfort

where you can.

'That is, with your co-pilot.'

[Cane] 'Yes.

'I will try. We will.'

[Awan] 'Connect.

'You were selected

for your compatibility.

'You need this balance.

'Mission Control depends on it.

'We all do.

'As do you both.'

Play transmission.

[Beethoven's Fifth plays]

[Cane] 'The harmony of the

transmission is fascinating.'

[Awan] 'We have studied it

to no avail.

'It does not allow us to access

any further data on its origin.'

[Cane] 'Its beauty

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