Finding Self

[Boss]

Outside, in the real world, not much had happened. Due to the immense speed of the computer, Chuck had completed his roughly one and a half hour muse and jaunt in about five seconds, subjective. Sandy heard the system call out the activation, saw Chucks body jolt, put on her headset. The very next instant was a high pitched squeal that lasted approximately one-fiftieth of a second.

Chuck waited ten minutes, and then tried again: Sandy? Sandy, this is Chuck. Im in here, and Im all right. Theres no sound in here, but I can see. Ive got a screen here though so I can see what you say. Please respond if you can hear me.

There was a momentary delay, and then another squeal, this one about three fiftieths long. Sandy puzzled at the sound and looked over at Tim. Hey, Tim, quick question. Do we have any sort of audio interference running around in here? Im getting a little squeal. She turned back to the monitor and pulled up a log file of the sim. Tim looked over his own screen and ran a diagnostic of the audio systems, then gave a short negative response to Sandy.