"Why not ask me? Because I'm nutters. Off my rocker. Completely. You old fogeys probably don't remember that, though. Always the first thing to go, memory. I forget what the second is."
He barks a laugh.
"The Psi II's, you said? Of course. You were nearly there. You knew it when you saw the readouts; you just didn't understand what you were seeing."
Nine peers at him, confused. Six sighs in frustration.
"Temporal Bias. The Psi II's had a malfunction that caused them to lose control of it. It would shoot up without warning, and... well, you can imagine. Lost 5 before we figured it out. Here, this is the review board's findings."
He reaches down into the rushing mire of memories, hardly looking, and pulls out a small ball of crackling energy that he lobs at Nine.
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Date: 2005-10-04 05:15 am (UTC)"Why not ask me? Because I'm nutters. Off my rocker. Completely. You old fogeys probably don't remember that, though. Always the first thing to go, memory. I forget what the second is."
He barks a laugh.
"The Psi II's, you said? Of course. You were nearly there. You knew it when you saw the readouts; you just didn't understand what you were seeing."
Nine peers at him, confused. Six sighs in frustration.
"Temporal Bias. The Psi II's had a malfunction that caused them to lose control of it. It would shoot up without warning, and... well, you can imagine. Lost 5 before we figured it out. Here, this is the review board's findings."
He reaches down into the rushing mire of memories, hardly looking, and pulls out a small ball of crackling energy that he lobs at Nine.