Counterpart
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On that day, I betrayed my world.
And I knew I would do it again.
But it emphatically contends that were in a state of war, with each other and with ourselves.
Were too flawed to transcend it.
How was the Office of Interchange (OI) conceived?
How did the devastating pandemic get released into the Prime world?
Whats the deal with management communicating through those suitcases like an unwieldy reboot ofCharlies Angels?
(Its smart on Markss part not to dwell on the hows of such a scientific phenomenon.
An 80s computer went on the fritz and the world split open.
Thats all you oughta know.)
But their scientific curiosity almost immediately overwhelms their scientific rigor.
The first contamination: They visit each others worlds.
And with thatflap of a butterflys wing, a devastating sequence of events is set into motion.
Silk Threads
The experiment was perfect.
It was corrupted by our pettiness.
Twin Cities gives credence to Yanek and Miras opinion that The Crossing needs to be shut down altogether.
Until tonight, I think we looked at Mira as Terrorist No.
1, so it was healthy to step back and see that everyone has their reasons.
The border between Alpha and Prime is not terribly porous.
The experiment has failed.
What happened to me will happen to everyone.
One will destroy the other.
