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I was a young fool. Of course the precautions felt essential - everything does when you’re young. In the long term no country could be trusted to know about it. No government, not even our own. We thought in millennia, you see. And we thought only of war. War that would shatter any place they could find.

 

That’s why it had to be on the far side. The far side, and only We would know. And We wouldn’t even know fully who We were.

 

Thirty-five years ago it launched. With her aboard. Of course. The better to motivate the work. To preserve the mission. 

 

I was a young fool.

 

Loons are excellent swimmers, using their feet to propel themselves above and under water. However, since their feet are located far back on the body, loons have difficulty walking on land. Thus, loons avoid coming to land, except when nesting or severely injured. 


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