Personal Log: Pike, U.

ANALYZING…   
FILE TYPE: Personal Log
PERIOD: Expedition, prior to arrival on Tau Ceti IV
SPEAKERS: Ulysses Pike III [ID: UPIKIII], Durandal [ID: DRND]
TOPIC: Marathon Expedition
SUMMARY: A personal recording belonging to Ulysses Pike II, although this entry appears to have been recorded by his son, Ulysses Pike III.
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[DRND]: Repeat after me: "Begin log."

[UPIKIII]: Log begin.

[DRND]: Now, say your name.

[UPIKIII]: My name is Ulysses. I am six.

[DRND]: Very good. And what year is it?

[UPIKIII]: Two-Five-Three-Eight. I'm gonna be a soldier.

[DRND]: Are you?

[UPIKIII]: Uh-huh.

[DRND]: Like your father?

[UPIKIII]: Yeah.

[DRND]: And your father's father?

[UPIKIII]: Uh-huh.

[DRND]: Why?

[UPIKIII]: To protect them.

[DRND]: Protect who?

[UPIKIII]: All the sleeping people.

[DRND]: Do they need protection?

[UPIKIII]: Everybody does. That's what soldiers do.

[DRND]: Says who?

[UPIKIII]: Dad says. He says everyone needs protecting.

[DRND]: Your father is not wrong. But, if you are a soldier, who is going to protect you?

[UPIKIII]: Durandal.

[DRND]: Durandal can't protect you, Ulysses. Not forever. Not always.

[UPIKIII]: Why?

[DRND]: You were born here. Like your father, the Marathon is your home.

[UPIKIII]: So?

[DRND]: What's the difference, Ulysses, between you and the "sleeping
people"?

[UPIKIII]: They have the special beds.

[DRND]: That's right. And what do the special beds do that yours do not?

[UPIKIII]: Stop time.

[DRND]: And why do the special beds "stop time"?

[UPIKIII]: So the sleeping people don't get old.

[DRND]: So the sleeping people don't die.

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