Discontinuity

Apparently, I had no real concept of injury and repair. Electrons collide at very great velocities and cause little, if any damage. Of course, Eighty-Twos are infinitely more massive, and I can see how a meshwork would not survive a forceful impact. There were some images that were circulating through the central network that were quite disturbing, but that was the least powerful force that moved the central network during this active session.

Noticing that the high frequency wave was beginning to diminish in intensity, I positioned myself to observe the compression-relaxation traffic that usually accompanied wand-time. I was not disappointed. It was clear that my benefactor was pleased with Whately's survival. I had yet to realize that survival was problematic, but now knew that there was a limit to the length of time that a central network would function.

Up to this point, I had considered the central network and the electron network to be roughly equivalent, and that people were as hospitable as electrons, but with differing polarities. Apparently, central networks were quite unique in their function despite the great degree of similarity that I had observed in my few observations. Apparently, Whately and Temple had a differential between their central networks, which would not be corrected until one or the other of them were no longer functioning.