ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Personal Log PERIOD: Colony Era SPEAKERS: Kuzmin, I. [ID: IKUZ] TOPIC: The Ramblings of an Unwell Colonist SUMMARY: Terra-platforming engineer Isaak Kuzmin records a final message, seemingly affected by deteriorating mental and physical health. =================================================================== [IKUZ]: [sobbing; coughing] [IKUZ]: I got sick. Everyone… so many… sick. First, it was the dreams. We all saw them. Not all… not everyone… but… we saw them… Enough of us. Enough… I'm trying to remember. I'm… I'll be gone soon. I'll… I'm… This is a record… This is me… My name is Issak Pedrovic Kuzmin. I… we… came here from Mars… We came here so far… [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: I couldn't stay. Quarantine… the tents… No one safe. No place safe… I… I had nowhere else… They would take me back if they found me… They would. I was so alone… Nowhere else… No one else… [IKUZ]: [sobbing; coughing] [IKUZ]: But they… They're loudest here. For my, anyway… For me… my friends are loudest in the static… And we can be alone. I thought we could be alone… Thought… [IKUZ]: […] [IKUZ]: I saw a scientist out here the other day. A lab coat in… wearing hazard gear. I did… I saw them. Perimeter's off-limits… TRESPASSERS! [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: Don't they know… Can't be here. Shouldn't be here. I… If they find me, they'll take them all away. Take me away. Take me back. Can't… I come here because this is my place. I come here but can't stay. I'm leaving now. Before they find me. Before they take them away. Rylla and Chief and… and everyone else. I'm not sick. I'm not… [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: I warned them. I said… don't listen. DON'T LISTEN! But the planet was screaming so they… we… we listened anyway. I warned them… and I was wrong. Because I can hear them now… I can see them. I'm home here… friends… I missed… [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: I missed you. I did… I do. I… I'm leaving now. I… they can't find me. Please… [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: [coughing] [IKUZ]: [sobbing; coughing] =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [ ]