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Dear Condor,
No, I don’t know which one of us is older than the other. We could have been
born hours apart, for all I know. Well, that’s probably too long of a
difference. You would think that Pascal would say something about it if that
were the case. Unless, I guess, if he was out of town, or something. Was he
even there? Has he never told you anything about what it was like when you
were born? Probably not since his story would have been shaky from having no
choice but to leave me out of it entirely. Let me get right into what
happened. I’m glad that I talked to Elek sooner rather than later, because I
might not have had another chance to tell you about it. Our scientists
believe that the Valkyrie long-cycle is imminent. Unless something major
happens to change their current projected trajectory, they’re coming for us,
and they’ll be blocking transmissions for a really long time. Theoretically,
the only thing that could affect them enough for them to change their path
would be a gravitational body of significant mass-density. That would be
even worse, because it would probably cross the Roche limit, and collide
into Vacuus. I told you that I would be getting into what happened, then
went off on a tangent. Sorry. Elek. When I approached him earlier today, he
seemed very scared. I don’t think he read our messages, or anything, but I
think he knew that this conversation would be coming at some point. We were
bound to put the pieces together eventually. He actually seemed relieved
when I demanded answers about the study. Attached is the full transcript of
our conversation. Our laws say that I can record audio on the base with
everyone’s permission, but I can’t record video. It’s a little weird,
but it would be a lot to compress anyway. Here are the highlights. The
program had been going on for a hell of a lot longer than we realized.
Madalena was only hired for its most recent iteration. They tried this with
other missions prior to this, including lunar bases and Martian outposts.
They have always wanted to know how one person would fare across
contradictory realities, and twins are the closest thing they can come to
gaining any insight on that. The thing about us being fraternal twins was
the result of a series of concessions they had to make over the years. It
started out as one would think, with the ideal conditions, and no legal
qualms. They just kept changing it and changing it until it became all but
pointless. Elek observed me as I grew up, and took some notes, which he
showed me, and they’re all attached too. They weren’t very detailed, and his
heart wasn’t in. It was just stupid from the beginning, but they sunk so
much money into it, they didn’t want to let it go. They since have,
disbanding entirely, and the various players no longer communicate with each
other. He thought that Madalena was dead, but he’s pretty sure most of the
others on Earth are indeed gone. After this I think it’s time we put this
whole thing to rest. It sounds like it’s all over, and nothing really came
of it. Now let’s just be. Let’s be twins who talk via weekly letters.
Until the Valkyries descend upon us,
Corinthia
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