Well, I can't say this is what I wanted to hear. I was planning on going to Canaria with Aspen in the next few days to finally get some actual hands-on work done for SNOWBLIND, but I certainly don't want to piss Valentine off. I'll relocate to my apartment planetside in an hour or so, and keep my comm alerts on. If you want to come over and talk about what the hell is going on, I'll be available, but otherwise I'll be meditating and doing paperwork until I hear something.

Thanks for patching me in, Kris. We've all been communicating a lot better lately. Hopefully we can avoid the failures of the past if we keep this openness up.

Was not expecting to hear that Caliban's dead. Personally, it's a weight off my shoulders, even after factoring in that we now have to figure out if there are any more keys. As for Raven, I'm tired of her speaking in riddles and inexactitudes. I have a strong feeling that if SNOWBLIND can help with anything, it's something like this—getting us precise, actionable data. I doubt it's capable of giving us crystal-clear results, that never seems to be how these things work, but it might be something.

To that end, I'm pulling an unorthodox move. Going to try and cut a deal with Civil Administration, trade in those thousands of ration cards I've been saving up over the years in exchange for immediate approved requisition of as many Class-A personnel as they can spare. I'm hoping that the new guy, Fulcrum, might be able to pull some strings for me, and if not, I'll ask Revenant for assistance.

I'd like your help sanity-checking the process once I've forced through a few tests. I don't want to inadvertently poison the well for myself, especially given how hard formulating meaningful theoretical results already is.

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Also... aren't you grounded? Why are you calling from Heisenberg?