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[warriorscribe]

*Enoch had finally been reminded of the network earlier in the day, and what had happened reminded him of something he wanted to get out there.

So here he is on the video feed, looking mildly distressed, but for the most part composed.*

The theory about the phantoms here...I don't believe it's true. They have a vaguely human shape, but I never saw any resemblance to...to the person its voice belonged to. As well, I was with someone else when we were attacked earlier, and we each heard different voices from the same phantom.

It must be an illusion.

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[warriorscribe]

....As a planet, it ascended. *It's the sort of slow monotone that comes from shock.*

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That is, perhaps, one way of looking at it.

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*Enoch sat a moment longer in stunned silence.

And then his mind worked on it a little more. It wasn't the only time such a door was opened - not on Earth, but...

...had Earth ascended? Or been destroyed in a fatal reflex of divine fear, like Zeph had mistakenly destroyed Meridian?*

I'm not certain I want to think of the others.

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[oforder]

No, likely not. As we had discovered a derelict piece of the earth floating through space later.

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...I see. *Quiet, strained and shaky. Pained, and his face was shifting to match.

It may be another Earth, but he still gave up so much, still hurt so much, in his efforts to save his own. Even if they might be gone anyway...

...not that he wanted to believe that yet.*

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If it is of any consolation, the piece we found was the final resting place of Mary Magdalene.

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[warriorscribe]

*Enoch looks up, opens his mouth, clearly a bit confused, before closing it and shaking his head.

He doesn't know who that is, of course...*

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[oforder]

[ That's somewhat surprising to him. ]

Is there anything else you would like to know?

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*Too early, in this case.

After a moment of silence, Enoch shakes his head again, solemn this time. What else was worth knowing?*

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[oforder]

I see.

[ Wilhelm nodded. ]

In that case, I have something else I must attend to, now.