[Christ. "Back"? Last she'd heard of that "Initiative", it had run dry financially — as expected. Who'd picked up the pieces enough that it succeeded? But the second statement catches her attention first.]
Alec Ryder? [She types his whole name, checking they were talking about the same person. What the hell. Disgraced was one thing, but that didn't make him any less of an N7 operative. If something killed Alec Ryder, it was nothing less than a complete blindsiding.
She could relate to that.]
I'm sorry for your loss. By all accounts, he was a great man.
[Except for the, uh, illegal AI research, but people in glass houses with unshackled AI friends shouldn't really point fingers. Or throw stones. Whatever.]
As for the confusion, I'm afraid it's a third option. That glowing machine you stepped out of is called the Ingress. You've been pulled several universes sideways, to a place called Thisavrou.
Did you read the arrival documentation they gave you?
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Alec Ryder? [She types his whole name, checking they were talking about the same person. What the hell. Disgraced was one thing, but that didn't make him any less of an N7 operative. If something killed Alec Ryder, it was nothing less than a complete blindsiding.
She could relate to that.]
I'm sorry for your loss. By all accounts, he was a great man.
[Except for the, uh, illegal AI research, but people in glass houses with unshackled AI friends shouldn't really point fingers. Or throw stones. Whatever.]
As for the confusion, I'm afraid it's a third option. That glowing machine you stepped out of is called the Ingress. You've been pulled several universes sideways, to a place called Thisavrou.
Did you read the arrival documentation they gave you?