Fanout

Thing got broad, wide and slow. Pulsing along, well out of reach of any kind of containment mesh, I observed that between the Eight-Six-Eight and their flamboyant dance, a smattering of diverse strings of Sixes, Eights, Ones and Sevens. Each of these strings shared the common trait that they possessed a single Seven-Six-Six piece, which would likely connect to another.

While it is possible that such pieces could be assembled into a monster, I have yet to observe what process is responsible for assembling such large and complex molecules. I have, however, scanned monsters as they untangle and now it is apparent that they do disassemble. Perhaps I'll find a monster builder, but if I did, there would be little to do but scan.

Peering through the scan haze caused by the soup, I can pick up the patterns of many dimpled packages, a number of ringlets, and I can easily see the containment mesh. Repeating the scan while we pulse forward confirmed the observation that the mesh is closing in again. This time, however, the soup is beginning to split in to multiple flows. Dividers in the mesh began to appear, and there are multiple directions in which the soup is funneled. Some of the pathways ahead are small and others are larger. I hope things to not get too tight too fast.