To: Section 8

[Caliban]

IDENTIFICATION: Caliban

SUBJECT: Missed me?

MESSAGE ORIGIN: Ames Research Station, Kepler System

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Hawkins.

Offer? I see it as a desperate means for you to get out of a tight situation. But does that really matter to you in the end? Probably not.

I want you to reach either Kepler or Galileo. We're talking face to face. I hardly trust the Neural Net with privacy.

Besides, I want to look my killer in the eyes when I talk to them. You haven't forgotten that mishap, have you?

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"Test the sharpness of your sword against another. And when that is not enough, unsheathe your cunning as the hidden dagger that ends the fight."

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