[ The icy feeling that had started to form in Jim's chest exploded outward, freezing him for a moment. Zell's hallucinating, again. Zell's eyes and ears are lying to him and all Jim can think of is how badly this will set him back.
Unconsciously, he tap an of Zell's pattern with his own finger on his knee. A pattern, something Jim remembers reading about in the cipher book. Not something he'd memorized, because it didn't seem relevant at the time, but now it's suddenly very relevant. He needs to be able to communicate with Zell - they have to be able to talk. ]
Can you understand what I'm saying when it sounds like that?
[ He says it slow, loud in the early morning silence, as though that will help. ]
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Unconsciously, he tap an of Zell's pattern with his own finger on his knee. A pattern, something Jim remembers reading about in the cipher book. Not something he'd memorized, because it didn't seem relevant at the time, but now it's suddenly very relevant. He needs to be able to communicate with Zell - they have to be able to talk. ]
Can you understand what I'm saying when it sounds like that?
[ He says it slow, loud in the early morning silence, as though that will help. ]