Colonization (Alien Invasion book 3)
“The Astrals were capable of paring their collective thoughts into bulletins meant for mostly disconnected (and unfortunately human) beings like him, but they were unpracticed and terrible. Other human authorities had men and women in their command chain. The police captain, for instance, got his orders from Mo Weir, who translated commands handed down from Meyer as he walked and talked. Meyer was capable of articulating human thought, and Mo was more than used to turning his hyperactive mishmas...h into actionable directives. But Meyer had nobody in the chain above him. No one human anyway. And so he had to deal with bullshit like this.
His screen read, SUBJECT PROGRESS NULL CONTINUE TO WATCH.
Meyer knew what that meant. He probably wasn’t originally supposed to know this part of the Astrals’ plan, but Divinity had informed him (mentally this time — perhaps the slightly less terrible of the ways they communicated) after Piper left the city. Meyer understood why. They seemed to have anticipated her actions, assuming she’d be curious enough to look at the images when they flashed magically onto Meyer’s screen while she’d been in his office, then traitorous enough to copy them and flee.MoreLess
His screen read, SUBJECT PROGRESS NULL CONTINUE TO WATCH.
Meyer knew what that meant. He probably wasn’t originally supposed to know this part of the Astrals’ plan, but Divinity had informed him (mentally this time — perhaps the slightly less terrible of the ways they communicated) after Piper left the city. Meyer understood why. They seemed to have anticipated her actions, assuming she’d be curious enough to look at the images when they flashed magically onto Meyer’s screen while she’d been in his office, then traitorous enough to copy them and flee.MoreLess
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