Echoes

[Zapp]

Soon it became apparent what the Tundra was waiting for. A few hours after Georgia Brown disappeared into the rolling mist of the Tahoe, everyone on board felt a strange presence. An unaccustomed one; weak, at such range, but it was fast approaching. Then it was familiar, until they recognized the telepathic presence of Scott Lowe and Fe'Lyrna, long removed from the Tundra.

The Nomad light fighter had grown since it had first launched. Robert Foster smiled to himself at the knowledge they were sure to impart; Phillip Mason also smiled to himself for knowledge to be gained, but of a different nature.

The shell slid into the Tundra's docking bay easily, and Phillip was the first to approach with any number of scientific instruments. He was most curious what effect prolonged exposure had had on Scott's physiology. As he scanned, he realized that most of anything that had been human was... gone. The nervous system was still in place, and in fact the Nomad shell had obvious human gene strands throughout.

There were two brains present; the Nomad one and Scott's. They were directly next to each other, and the spinal cord extended from the brain and down the soft interior of the Voidrunner. Nerves shot off it as it would in any human, only it connected the brain to each function of the ship.

Phillip was quite astounded to witness such a thing firsthand. He nodded to himself. Quite astounding, indeed. Wonder how Scott's adjusted?

He shrugged and figured it was a question for someone else, then moved along.

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