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[animusnpcs]

[At first what Dax is saying is completely incomprehensible--a good ear for languages may notice it's the same language the worker units are speaking. Dax has some sort of device in his hand, though, and after fiddling with it a little eventually his words become understandable to anyone listening:]

--Testing, testing--aha, there we are. Alright--well, to get this out of the way for our new residents, I'm Dax, and I'm an administrator of the Tower. Anyway, as you may have noticed, we're having a few minor malfunctions when it comes to our usual translation process which wasn't helped by having to divert all that power to quarantining and scrubbing radiation. I'm using a portable device to translate this to all of you and to translate any of your responses, but it's a bit fussy.

We should have everything fixed within a day or two, however! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.

[He sounds just a bit nervous about the prospect of Q&A, though. It's as if these situations often bring long discussions and arguments, or something.]

Comments

[animusnpcs]

[Dax examines it for a moment.] I believe if you received that as a result of last month's activities it is something from your universe.

[justabignobody]

From our universe...

[Well... Gandalf had speculated as much; it's nice to have confirmation about that at least.]

So apart of that, you don't know what kind of being it is?

[animusnpcs]

I'm afraid not. I could check your world's files but it might take some time.

[justabignobody]

I'd appreciate, if you'd take the time.

[Even if Highwind is from back home, he'd still like to know what exactly he is dealing with.]

[animusnpcs]

Very well. The research will have to wait until the communications issue is solved, but I should have something for you by the end of the month.

[justabignobody]

Thank you.