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Subject: <not given>
Recipient: Daniel Artura
Sender: Jir So-Kinh
[Video feed turns on, showing a man in an oddly shaped helmet.]
I have a question regarding on many things. I saw you, but you haven't seen me yet. And I feel we both would like some answers. And I must ask one of them right now.
[The pilot removes helmet and reveals him appearance to the camera, pausing a bit as if he was not sure what to do right now. Then, for a short moment, he smiles.]
PRIORITY:UNKNOWN ENCRYPTION:UNKNOWN IDENTIFICATION:Rheinland Citizen Daniel Artura SOURCE:Toruz City, Planet Stuttgart COPY TO:Personal Datapad SUBJECT:Truth
--A heavy sigh is heard at first, followed by the clink of glass upon glass--
So this is what my brother meant when he said to let him handle all first contacts with those who look like us...
We are... People.
We are... Abominiations.
We are... A part of Sirius that does not want to be seen or recognized by many others.
We are... Men and Women, made and shaped by those who question their own humanity to be something else.
My brother Brettonias had always feared and wished for others to be found and united together for our own survival. There have been others who are like us, and they were hunted down. Many of them lost. Many still into hiding. And few who pushed the limits of our world until there was nothing that could go against their very existance being reality.
We are... Who we are.
It's been, about 5 years, since the day my own 'family' escaped into our own paths of history. I am unsure if you were part of a group made by scientists from the Cryer branch "Aperature Bio" or with my family, a remnant of a program within Liberty that has for years been buried. I just don't know.
--Several moments of silence pass as Daniel takes a sip from the glass in his hands--
I wish I had the answers you seek, but I do not. It is a part of my life I put behind me many years ago. And I do not wish its return upon my doorstep when I have a wife and three children of my own to take care of and protect. As well as the work and toil I go through daily in my position within the Federal Polizei of Rheinland.
This is a path I am afraid I am not of the most help in answering to you. If you however wish, you may contact my other brethern and sisters to get their opinions on such. But in my position I am not the wise wolf you seek.
Signed,
Daniel Artura Proud Citizen of the Rheinland People...
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Subject: <not given>
Recipient: Daniel Artura
Sender: Jir So-Kinh
I respect your decision because your family needs to be safe. If you would like, please do introduce me with some of your... brethen. And no, I remember nothing of the Cryer or Libertonian "projects" you are pointing out. But, I might be one of yours - while I might not be as well.
[A longer pause.]
All I can remember is orange vials, people speaking in Rheinzunge and white kilts. Nothing more beside of that. But then, let us not bring any possible dangers to your or your family. Brettonias is the name I could have heard once, so I believe it will be the best option for me at this moment.