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8.16.2022

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The sheer number of them was mind boggling. There was no way she could have predicted this.

The remote desktop flashed as she scrolled, displaying thousands upon thousands of folders, each one containing millions of people in cryo sleep or stasis around the quadrant. There was no chance of searching every one to find him, even if he was registered with the Intergalactic Health Network. A pod from 13,000 years ago? Maybe it would make more sense to start raiding tombs on old Earth.

With every system in the quadrant crammed full of people and thousands more isolated and uncharted stars, a monster from an ancient time could hide forever. It was her dumb luck to be the one person that stumbled upon the message– but it would only be a matter of time before it became everyone’s problem.