The two men sat in silence, staring at the third one.
The client finally engaged in conversation with Philip.
- So, how does this work, exactly? He just takes a look at the picture and is able to tell where the person is?
- Father, father! I created a perpetual motion machine!
- Really? Show me!
- See, these parts travel this way… and then they come back!
- And what keeps them moving?
The council gathered every day, but it seldom received such news.
- We have completed our analysis and expect our intelligence to hold as new information comes in.
- And what do you have to report?
Just days after celebrating the anniversary of the first colonization mission, the control room watched the destruction of Earth with all the instruments at their disposal.
Telescopes, radios, antennas, everything pointed at that pale blue dot in the distance.