February 20, 2010

Transmission Moment

The Electrons in the canopy were unusually dedicated to their task. Even as we passed and folded back the locks on the slot, they kept up the swingshot pattern all the way to our smashing impact, canopy first. The mesh bulged inward and stretched. By the time we neared a stop, the Seven was at level with the normal position of the mesh and I could barely scan over the edge of the crater we were making.

The swingshot pattern in the canopy reversed as we stopped. The stretched bonds in the mesh began to collect themselves, and return the push on us. The shockwave that spread through the mesh as result of the impact and reversal, severely rattled the Elevens that had lined up along the boundary formed by the mesh. In response, a cascade of electrons were released and a transmission cloud formed.

My canopied tag molecule sailed from the slot as it was pushed and driven away from the mesh. I experienced an uneasy melancholy as the newly formed cloud began a journey in the opposite direction than I was headed. That's when a party broke out in the canopy and we began to drift. I orbited back around the Seven and began to swingshot around to the Sixes in the canopy. Sure enough, the Electrons were tapping away at each other as we drifted.

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