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Dear Condor,
I’m sorry to hear that you were having so much trouble sleeping. If you ever
need to take a few days to respond, that’s okay. You’ve already extended me
the same courtesy when I was gone for weeks. It would be crazy of me to not
give you a little bit of extra time if you need it. I mean, if there’s
nothing to say, then there’s nothing to say. When I first wrote to you, I
didn’t think that you would respond in the first place, let alone that we
would start conversing on any sort or regular basis. If I don’t hear from
you, I’ll assume that you’re waiting for something interesting to happen, or
that you just don’t feel like talking. Yes, I will worry about you, and
wonder if something’s happened to you, but that’s just the nature of
interplanetary correspondence. I spoke with an expert on this side of the
void who says that the FTL communication research has stalled, despite what
some might be trying to convince the public. He’s not as hopeful as people
may be making it out to be. He can’t say for sure that it’s impossible, but
it’s unlikely to work any time soon, if ever. For now, we’re stuck with the
light lag. Back in the old days, it was not unheard of for a letter to take
weeks to get from one place to another. They were riding in carriages, and
directly on horses, and even in some cases, just walking on their own two
feet! Can you imagine? There was no way for them to know if their messages
were being received unless and until they received a reply. At least we have
the option of read receipts for our digital signals. I like when that comes
in. It makes me feel a little bit better, because it would know if the
message had been intercepted, which of course, it hasn’t so far. What it
doesn’t tell us is whether the other twin is doing okay, but maybe there’s a
way for us to handle that ourselves. I suppose that we could come up with a
protocol where we reply right away with a very brief acknowledgement as a
sort of manual read receipt. That way, we know that the other is still
alive, but can’t reply fully yet. What do you think of that idea? Please
respond at faster than light speeds so I don’t have to wait too long for
your input.
From the other side of darkness,
Corinthia
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