Chapter 47 The First Experiment
Begins
The bird is
gone, and in what meadow does it now sing? – Philip K. Dick
And perhaps
in this is the whole difference; perhaps all the wisdom, and all truth, and all
sincerity, are just compressed into that inappreciable moment of time in which
we step over the threshold of the invisible. – Joseph Conrad
Stan
could not contain his excitement. He
clicked on the intercom,
“Can
you here me, Marie?” he asked.
“Yah,
I hear you, Stan.”
“Good,
good. Then I guess we’re going to begin.
Safe Journeys.”
He
clicked off the intercom. And with a
look at the Egg, Jackie and Barry he left the Egg Chamber and returned to the
Freezer to attend the Mawacky controls.
“Let’s get this show on the road he said to his colleagues stationed
around various computer terminals around the room. He nodded to Luke, Helmer, and Renee and each
began typing instructions into their computers.
A
hum arose, first from the Malwacky and then from the Egg. It’s volume getting gradually louder with
each second. Then it became a buzzing
sound, that quickly became almost too much to endure, those who weren’t
stationed at controls covered their ears.
Deafening buzzing filled everyone’s awareness in both rooms, and then,
as it stopped suddenly.
“Stan!”
Barry shouted, “The Egg! It’s gone!”
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