several different places simultaneously. But now there were hundreds and hundreds and it was quickly becoming impossible to keep up with each and every one of them. Nevertheless, he kept working at it, hoping against all hopes that he could somehow hold them off for the next minute and a half, using nearly all of his signal nano-bots to produce decoy transmissions. When the gun was finalized the coordinates for the Comm-Dishes were pre-programmed and ready for it to fire on automatically.
“One minute to go,” the next message informed. He decided that in this last minute, he would not send from himself nor receive any further communications via the remaining nano-signalers. To do this, he would have to clear his mind and think about absolutely nothing, as each thought he had would be a transmission that could be traced. And so he sat there staring at the snake machine, keeping all of his attention on it and the few other things that were directly in front of his line of vision. His attention was totally outward and he noticed the colors and shapes of the various objects about the capsule. He was aware also of the silence that permeated the small space, his body position, weight, the temperature and even his immobility. Despite being aware of all these things, he did not think a single thought, but instead remained cognizant of himself and everything around him.
And then the final message came through, “CONSTRUCTION AND INITIALIZATION COMPLETE! ALL SYSTEMS GO! TARGETS LOCKED ON! FIRING NOW!” Despite the good news of the message, Bill continued to just be aware, not conceiving a single thought in regards to it.
6:15:00-PM-12/22/2110
Noland had managed to exit out of the cargo subway tunnel by
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