Transcribing Transcription

The initial transcription block was nearly automatic, starting the way many transcription sessions had. Looking at the stream, I had expected this to be another letter to a friend such as the one where the experiment with the two large jars occurred, but the name London Chronicle did not trigger a ping from the space where people's names resided in the central network. After two wiggles, the block of transcription stopped.

During the next pause, token pingers began to fire as final arrangements were made and a sequence of tokens was queued for transcription. As transcription began, I focused on the final selections and activated the storage section of the electron network. There was a dip-wiggle, and the loop to the long branch points closed once more.

Finding that two Gentle

That token was a misfire. It really was:

Gentlemen

and there was another wiggle, and more transcription.

have been unfortunately engaged

The "un" almost fired, but I held it since it is usually followed. Engaged had weird tendrils.

in a duel about

The third word had some serious power behind it. It goes way beyond hurt.

a transaction and its

Huh. The second word has another at the end. That's interesting.

circumstances

This word was a real network bender. It looped around and then stuck the outer covering of the bubble with enough power to make it shudder and ring. It was at this point that the whorl activated and began to spread it's tendrils throughout the central network. One had to wonder if this was the first wisp of a coming storm.