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<p>“Yes, precisely what I was thinking. Well considered. I thank you for your openness.”</p>
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<p>“Yes, precisely what I was thinking. Well considered. I thank you for your openness.”</p>
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<p>Turun Ka lifted its snout. “We have passed the point where conversations must wait. All topics are open. First, however, recorder Codrin Bălan,” Turun Ka said, swiping a hand through the air to produce a sheet of paper. “Please send this to Castor by the usual mechanism without encryption, after you have all authenticated the message with a personal detail to ensure that this is a mutual decision. You may send those signatures encrypted.”</p>
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<p>Turun Ka lifted its snout. “We have passed the point where conversations must wait. All topics are open. First, however, recorder Codrin Bălan,” Turun Ka said, swiping a hand through the air to produce a sheet of paper. “Please send this to Castor by the usual mechanism without encryption, after you have all authenticated the message with a personal detail to ensure that this is a mutual decision. You may send those signatures encrypted.”</p>
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<p>True Name accepted the sheet, thought for a moment, and then scribbled a short note on the bottom. She handed the sheet to Codrin, who did similar.</p>
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<p>True Name accepted the sheet, thought for a moment, and then scribbled a short note on the bottom. She handed the sheet to Codrin, who did similar.</p>
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<p>When it arrived before him, Tycho frowned. What could he possibly write that would ensure that Tycho#Artemis that the letter was verifiable. He looked around at the other emissaries, nodded, and wrote: “Remember what True Name said to you in the field: He may know the law of all things yet be ignorant of how We are working to completion, working on from then till now.”</p>
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<p>When it arrived before him, Tycho skimmed through the letter: “Both parties…agreed…fifthrace…welcome…” followed by a few blocks of unsettled text that he supposed must be the signatures of the Artemisians and the other two emissaries before him.</p>
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<p>What could he possibly write that would ensure that Tycho#Artemis that the letter was verifiable. He looked around at the other emissaries, nodded, and wrote: “Remember what True Name said to you in the field: He may know the law of all things yet be ignorant of how We are working to completion, working on from then till now.”</p>
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<p>He passed the note on to Sarah, who fixed her signature and handed it back to Codrin. Ey held it briefly, looking to be deep in thought, then nodded. “It has been sent, leader Turun Ka.”</p>
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<p>He passed the note on to Sarah, who fixed her signature and handed it back to Codrin. Ey held it briefly, looking to be deep in thought, then nodded. “It has been sent, leader Turun Ka.”</p>
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<p><em>It’s done,</em> Tycho thought, struggling to manage further unnamed emotions. *</p>
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<p>“Tycho,” True Name said, loud enough for all to hear. “Do you remember the poem I quoted to you the night of first contact?”</p>
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<p>He nodded.</p>
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<p>“The final two lines of the fourth stanza are the most commonly quoted: Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved–“</p>
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<p>“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night,” he finished, grinning. “That was the last thing I said to myself before uploading. It’ll definitely be the last thing I’ll say before I leave Castor.”</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2022-01-09</p>
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<p>Page generated on 2022-01-09</p>
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