Why are We Here?

October 11, 2007

Xenet 71.43.1 System Msg

TTY31201.10.05

Network Connection Enabled
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The question came up last night while we were hunkered down outside Wilderness. Damn Bane swarmed it again and it took all god damn day to get them out. Anyway, Private McQueen was bitching that he’d already burned through half his rations. He’s got to learn that hunger isn’t like it was on Earth… you can’t just feed it. You can’t pop in to a burger joint and stuff yourself with a combo meal. He’ll learn eventually. A couple nights with no food and he’ll learn. Just like we all had to.

Sometimes I marvel at how much has changed… how much I’ve changed. I remember on Earth, Alicia and I kept blogs… we’d gripe about our college classes and gossip about the latest new bands. We never talked about anything meaningful… nothing profound, but we talked. We shared. Here, you don’t have time to share much of anything at all. Even your rations. But there is something freeing about being able to give your thoughts form and share them. So I wandered over to one of the AFS data terminals, and well… here I am.

If you’re like me, you have no one left. Family… friends… all taken by the Bane. All we really have is each other now. We are all here because of the Bane. But why are we really here.. what are we fighting for? I know that each of you has a story to tell. So, maybe some of you will join me here to share your thoughts and give them form. After all, we’re starting to learn just how powerful language can be.

~ Sarah