Across the Expanse: Day 70

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Day 70

Jim: So I have a question Wraith.

Wraith: Yes?

Jim: How come no Faar’Shar have shown up to retrieve you yet?

Wraith: This one has inquired that as well.

Jim: You haven’t tried contacting them or anything?

Wraith: This one has tried, however there seems to be some sort of interference blocking any signals I have sent out.

Jim: Could be a total lockdown on their part, nothing comes in or goes out.

Wraith: This one realizes that is the issue.

Jim: That doesn’t really explain why you haven’t left though.

Wraith: This one feels that it is important to assess the situation before venturing out into the unknown.

Jim: Feels huh… now that I think about it you’re using a lot of terms that I wouldn’t think AI would really use.

Wraith: Human language is much more varied than Faar’Shar language, what could be said five times in human language could be said once in Faar’Shar language, so this one’s translation algorithms tend to shuffle what is used from time to time.

Jim: Interesting…

Wraith: But to answer your question, this one thinks that too much uncertainty is out there in this Galaxy to venture out without knowing the entire situation.

Jim: Yeah but you’re an AI, couldn’t you just process that information in like two minutes?

Wraith: One picosecond in actuality.

Jim: Geez, so what’s stopping you?

Wraith: To put it in simple terms, the Galaxy is a large place, so variations to what happens from one second, or picosecond, to another are in constant motion. Very rarely is there every steady performance across the board.

Jim: Tell me, is including just general events or even some top secret government stuff?

Wraith: General events, surprisingly the species in this Galaxy have developed strong enough cybersecurity measures to keep this one out of their networks.

Jim: But you have tried.

Wraith: Correct.

Jim: I don’t know what's more off putting, the fact that you tried or the fact that you’re so open about.

Wraith: This one has no reason to lie.

Jim: Fair enough,  just… try and keep the perusing to the public sector alright?

Wraith: This one understands.

Jim: Still, you’d think the Faar’Shar would be doing something outside of their planet.

Wraith: This one has detected isolated incidents of activity in the Fractus systems, but beyond that there has not been much activity overall.

Jim: Wonder what they could be doing out there…

Wraith: This one is not entirely sure, but it appears whenever one is involved large amounts of destruction follows.

Jim: Well that’s reassuring.

Wraith: Beyond that, however, nothing concerning the Faar’Shar has not been documented outside the Fractus systems.

Jim: Man no wonder that place stays a no man’s land… shit keeps breaking it apart.

Wraith: The amount of conflict in that area is highly unusual, yes.

Jim: Right… well I gotta get going Wraith, I’ll swing by with Amy later.

Wraith: Understood, have a pleasant day Jim.

Jim: Same to you.

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*Start Transmission*

Jim: Hey Amy.

Amy: What’s up Jim?

Jim: I’ve got a few things in the fridge here that I gotta use up, feel up for some dinner tomorrow?

Amy: Sound’s awesome, and think there are a few things we gotta go over too.

Jim: My thoughts exactly, see you tomorrow.

Amy: Later Jim.

*End Transmission*

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