EPISODE 3: HUMAN AFTER ALL (3)
Cpt Chen: Stop here.
[[SFX: He moves closer to X's chair and points.]]
Cpt Chen: See that?
X: [[Voice fills with wonder; distant as recorder is in lap]] Oh wow. I've never… It's… it's beautiful. Hold on. I've just gotta… for posterity, or whatever. [[Raises recorder]] I'm…
Cpt Chen: ...Have you been recording us this entire time?
X: Quiet, I'm recording. [[Into recorder]] I'm seeing my ship from the outside, for… for the first time. It's breathtaking. I can see each of the eight crystalline pods, affixed to the center core like the spokes on this wheeled chair I'm sitting in. Three of the pods are glowing softly, pulsing orange against the black canvas of space. To one side is Ra, tidally locked to the research vessel and throwing off arcs of liquid orange flame. He is just… completely reveling in his existence.
[[SFX: Sets down recorder in lap]] Of singular design indeed. Wow.
Cpt Chen: [[Sighs]] That's… that's not what I was pointing to. Look there. Read it to me.
X: What…? “Caldwell Enterprises - We Invent The Future.” [[Looks back at him]] So… they manufactured the Cavatica. I don't understand why that's…
[[SFX: low rumbling]]
Cpt Chen: [[Not unkindly]] That's us. We're Caldwell Enterprises. And the Cavatica is not your ship. … It's ours.
[[SFX: OUTRO MUSIC]]
-Fin-