Disperse

Working past the untangled monster, the journey through the soup continued, randomly in every direction. In total, we pushed forward into areas where the ringlet pairs were farther apart, since the One-Eight-Ones did little to reduce our own aversion to other ringlet pairs. This worked to make an even distribution of ringlet pairs in this region of the soup.

The number of naked Ones with their Seventeen counterparts had started to abate. A number of other assorted atoms were detected, as well as numerous Eight-One pairs. Unlocked from their normal jobs like they hold on my current transport of ringlets, these Eight-One pairs were heavy in the charge department, and happily neutralized the potent naked Ones by making them part of a stable One-Eight-One group.

I took a gander backward from whence I came, noting that the binding of the naked Ones might allow the arrested and untangled monster to regain composure and return to function. Even at maximum sensitivity, I could not detect a recovery of anything approaching synchronization, and the untwisted chains had not recovered.