#THIS WAS AN INBOX JUMPSCARE ESP AFTER MY LAST PROV POST LMAO

[artificise]

I must ask, what exactly is the cause of your obsession with the weakest of my Brother's constructs?

- @bulwark-of-the-weak

wh- WHAT-

...ahem, pardon my... outburst. I just.. wasn't expecting such a strong echo of the past to reach me.. at all. Your message was quite unexpected in many ways... I haven't heard your voice in my mind for what feels like.. centuries.

As for my "obsession"? Well- even if they are the contraptions of.. your brother, who I will refrain from adding pleasant adjectives in reference towards, I simply find them.. cute, and pleasantly round.

I wish to study them further; such strange lunar contraptions must have a source of power that allows them to function, yet they explode when I attempt to flash-freeze the automatons for detailed examination. Perhaps, it's for the best.

I suppose this intense form of interest would be considered.. vaguely unsettling? It's certainly not the first time my fixations been described as such.

Regardless, such contact with myself to ask such a question will have unintended consequences- this frequency is not only utilised by myself, but the rest of the ship's crew. I would not be surprised if our contact were being monitored at this very moment, and your location located with accuracy.

I, at the very least, will speak a few words - regardless of how ill-advised it may be:

I do hope this second death hurts less, Providence. Your planet, regardless of its overwhelming hostility, is beautiful.