Wrinkle and Ripple

Zipping along from Eleven to Eleven, I ambled along the pathway and further into the central network, chased by a few doublings of Electrons that were also dislodged by the impact. Scanning sideways, I was able to detect other pathways converging into a parallel bundle. Not nearly as large as the superhighway, it was far better that hitching a ride on a ringlet.

The journey ended as it had begun, in a small receiving area. Once a few more of the Electrons in the pulse cloud arrived, a tag or two were released from the outside of the containment mesh. The return phase began and Electrons left slowly, but not I. Surprising an inattentive Electron on a neighboring Eleven, I bumped it ahead of me using one of my old tricks and slipped into the vacated orbit.

It had been some time since I had run an intercept and pattern analysis scan, but after a few sweeps, I had adjusted nicely. New tools improved the accuracy and detail, but most of that was unnecessary when you're interested in the pulse patterns of moving Electrons. I was closer to the interesting pathways in the network, and could tell that things were quiet and almost in a shutdown state. Then I saw the pulse that I had been part of. Sweeping along and starting a feedback loop in the pathways, the pulse was growing stronger. Much stronger.