I've had a vision. A...memory? Something like that as I approached the Shrine. Dark matter emerging from the inside of the structure. Tendrils tearing everything apart. Sentinels no doubt. I think Harbinger was there, too. Watching. Or maybe His doppleganger, since you mentioned that too.
Yeah, the nodes were tampered with. Possibly before my arrival. One of them resonated within the memory. I blacked out when I tried to see which one it was.
At the same time Vincent got out - briefly. When the Void Faes were there and all.
Ah, the horrors of precognition... If... Harbinger was... Hmmmrrhhh...
I'm not sure, I'm still trying to make an understanding of this all. How he could possibly be manipulating the Sentinels as you suggested?
But why go through all the effort of... this entire Journey? If the Sentinels were made to keep the Nomads - his kind - away from releasing the mistake that is contained within the Vault, how could be he manipulating them? What's the point of just using non-psychic sentients? Is he contaminated by the Sentinels?
If so... And if this Final Journey was indeed his, could he be trying to cover up tracks? I'm not sure. Sentinels going out of their way to destroy something? Very odd indeed. Especially for something as precious as the Shrine, one of the last few intact relics of their creators.
There's a lot to think, and a lot of possibilities to process. I am uncertain if I am gather all the possibilities. Too many uncertain elements. I'm not even sure what he wants to do after releasing what is inside there.
Worrying.
There is a lot of paths to walk on from here, but I know for certain if I deviate from opening the doors, I am dead... Though, when they are open, I am alive again... who's to say I'm out of the game then. Still ample opportunity to pry.
There is a lot going on that appears to be contradicting. It could be possible that he is playing a game with all of us, including you. Giving you the illusion of discovery. Afterall, all of our sources could only ever stem from him, or what he allows us to see - if he truly controls them...
Come to think of it, he has frequently glared into the Nodes the few times we saw him there. But nothing in particular ever happened, or visibly changed.
I'm looking for answers in the outworlds. Even now I'm roaming places we've visited before for any clues. Can't say I'm having much luck, though.
Funny how these trips give me different perspectives on the bigger picture - Harbinger. What I saw back at the Shrine might have been something he did not originally intend to reveal. I don't know. It was so vivid. I was both in that memory and outside. Like overlapping images.
Back to those nodes, though. From what I remember, one of them teleported you to another region of the same system the Shrine is in. The other simply disintegrates you and your ship - unless you eject in time. The third is either dormant or dead. And the fourth? Ugh...felt like putting my fingers in an outlet. Also comforting, though... Right, I also heard His voice for a few seconds - barely. That was before I blacked out.
Here's a quick idea. What if there was a way to pry into his schemes, or verify everything we know until now? Surely that would be cool, right?
Before I forget -- you don't happen to know how to store uhm..."psychic information". Or translate it into something readable, right?
How can we even verify it? There's no way that -we- can enter his mind, is... there? Naturally, I would love to know the truth. The way you speak of this seems to implicate you know a way. Do you?
Hrmmmmh... Yes, there is a way, it is a little tedious however. Sometimes requires a psychics help. It also depends, is this a project - such as something using telepathy to talk to you? Or is this you prying into a network? "Outgoing projections" are a little different.
That's what I'm looking for out here. One of these places must have something of relevance. Maybe I missed something, or something's changed as time went on. There's got to be a way and I refuse to give up on the chance of seeing just what is Harbinger planning for us.
Right...and that thing I asked you about. You could call it a project. I'd call it "flushing out the system". During one of my trips in the uncharted worlds I ran into a Nomad installation. Looked old -- unpowered. Happened to have had some Azurite gas on me at the time and a weird looking artifact I found on Vincent's mobile lab. Somehow that did the trick.
So I tried what any other person probably wouldn't in normal circumstances. I tried to connect to the network. Might've caught something though. Not sure what it is, but it's been buzzing in my head ever since. My hardware doesn't like it either.
Planning for us... Do you really think he cares that much about us? We're just tools to help his ends. We're nothing to him. No, he's got something bigger in his sights.
He is very upset in regards to his creators, I'm not too sure why, or why he's releasing such a powerful tool - ...
Wonder if he is trying to create another gateway. All we can do right now is speculate.
As for your venture... You mean to say you've now got residentual psychic energy within your mind - precisely like mine. Energy, that has no connection, looking to connect, on a constant loop. Tssch. I presume you found an empty hive?
[There was almost a tone of resentment]
Lucky you...
...You are so fortunate that he imprinted on you. Unlike me, you can probably connect it to somewhere to drain it out. So find something to connect to... in order to deposit the feedback. It can be any type of silicon crystal, as long as its intact. Most of the artifacts out there are already damaged by yours truly, the Order or Corsairs.
It doesn't matter if he cares about us or not. I wouldn't see him in a different light even if he did. What matters is that we get to know what he's up to without him knowing. At least that's how I hope it turns out. I thought I made that pretty obvious by now.
[His tone shifts from somewhat cordial to cold, almost as if he felt insulted by her remark]
And how am I fortunate that he "imprinted" on me, as you say?
That link - the hook - he has to maintain is constantly active. As you have already discovered, that measure of his can work both ways for it has affected your neurophysiology, and it'll be the key for you to eavesdropping into him. As well as channeling out that excess energy.
What was that saying about keeping friends close, and enemies closer...?
Uh-huh...perfect. A damn shame that I don't know how to do that. At least it's something...
First I'll need to get rid of whatever I've contracted from that Archive. I suppose posting a public ad won't cut it there. "Looking for individual with good psychic abilities."