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January 28, 2023

a partial transcript of the incident report filed in the town of A., in the departement of A., 1783

  1. When the ship was in the shadow of the Earth and the orientation system was turned on, was the motion of the stars visible? Could you see that?

  2. Could you hear the operation of the valves of the orientation system?

  3. How did regular clocks with regular clock mechanisms work?

  4. I would like you to describe for us in somewhat more detail the sensation of weightlessness. What was different about it?

  5. Can you tell us, please, what you were able to notice with respect to the change in the climate conditions?

  6. Whose decision was it to chew through the tether? Whose teeth were responsible?

  7. At which point did you realize that you had travelled into the future and how was your digestion affected by this realization?

  8. During the descent when you were seeing a crimson light, were there any changes in the air from the point of view of smell? Did the quality of air change?

  9. At which point did you begin to understand one another’s speech?

  10. Let’s say you are flying over a city. Can you draw a layout of the streets?

  11. Did you see God?

  12. What is your estimation, what are the minimum sizes of objects you can safely make out with naked eye, without instruments?

  13. Did you see your mother?

  14. Did you see mine?

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