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When I arrived here, I assumed the barrier had been meant to keep us in and that the Emperor controlled it. By now, I think it's obvious that that's not the case. The barrier is meant to keep things out. When Tu Vishan dove underwater, the barrier stayed up and held back the jingashi. But they broke through and, judging by the kedans' reactions, that had never happened before. In fact, I asked around. It hasn't ever happened before, not until lately.

Point two: a satellite falls out of the sky, breaks through the barrier, and lands on Tu Vishan. First of all, this suggest that there is-- or was-- some kind of long-distance communication technology. It also suggests that the barrier is weakening even more. Before, it took the stress of thousands of jingashi to weaken the barrier. Now all it takes is debris. Big debris, sure, but decidedly less stress than the jingashi.

As for the Emperor, it's possible she's contributing power to maintain the barrier, but it doesn't originate from her. Tu Vishan is the one maintaining it.

I know everyone's concerned about what's coming, but we can't let that distract us completely from the big picture. My point is that we need to slow down and rethink what we think we know. Since the barrier is our first line of defense against any outside invasion, let's start there. What do we know, what do we think we know, and how can that help us?

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[He turns up the encryption on Bart's console.]

You're not. That's the point.

You're shaken up.

So the point of this is to keep us all on our toes?

[Angrily] Just because I'm not constantly flipping out about the big picture doesn't mean I'm clueless. I have more time to freak in my head. I -

[He pauses for a second and calms down.] Sorry. Kinda derailed there. It happens. That wasn't really a good time for me. Who put the satellite up there?

[He lets Bart vent, looking rather surprised.

Yikes, he didn't know he'd hit a sore spot.]

It's alright. I tend to hit sore spots a lot without knowing it.

Anyway, I'm not sure. But the tech is compatible with the tech in Keeliai, so maybe it originally came from here.

It's cool. It's not your fault. You turned left; we turned right.

And I'm. Gonna doubt that one a bit. I think Rob's paranoia is catching. It's like a social disease.

That's not paranoia. That's skepticism. Big difference.

The satellite might not be from Keeliai, but it's likely from this world-- the consoles are partially organic. Technology that's too foreign wouldn't take.

No, it's totally paranoia or both. I'm starting to think both.

So. There's a satellite. That's part tech and part organic. And it sent down things that could possess people by touching them. I've got this right, right? You're sure you're not leaving stuff out? Has anyone asked Batman about it?

You have a weird definition of paranoia, then. [Says the Bat.]

That's everything I know right now. We're still doing some preliminary research.

I'm going to sleep with a nine-iron under my bed. If I can find one.

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