Rush looks out over the sweep of sand and the smell of sea and hums a vague, noncommittal sound. Achieving a supreme understanding of the Rift had always been, in his mind, their true joint goal - manipulating it also, certainly, but that goal had always been by its nature more distant, less directly attainable, and bearing a far more significant risk. Jones's imported data had been unambiguous on the latter point, if nothing else.
He had not considered the possibility of truly influencing it to the point where it may ultimately serve as some cosmic multidimensional doorway to ferry the disgruntled populace back to their respective homes - or he had not wanted to consider the possibility, preferring largely to categorize it in a realm so far separated from the potential and the immediate that it would be little more than a distant, unrealistic, unreachable objective.
Such as dialing Earth.
He considers the consequences of undercutting Asadi's efforts deliberately, overtly or otherwise.
It would doubtless put their association at risk. Given the alternative, he may be left with little choice.
Arista's tail lashes once, the sole indication of the subtle undercurrent of fear that has maddeningly sown itself into his chest.
"Possibly," he says, but he fixes his gaze ahead in such a way that might suggest a complete if atypical lack of interest. A breeze skirts the shore, clean and littoral, catching the fringes of his hair. "Given the apparent consequences of such an action before," he lingers on the word, the subtle reminder of Jackson's too-recent death and Ascension hopefully implicit, "that might not be advisable."
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He had not considered the possibility of truly influencing it to the point where it may ultimately serve as some cosmic multidimensional doorway to ferry the disgruntled populace back to their respective homes - or he had not wanted to consider the possibility, preferring largely to categorize it in a realm so far separated from the potential and the immediate that it would be little more than a distant, unrealistic, unreachable objective.
Such as dialing Earth.
He considers the consequences of undercutting Asadi's efforts deliberately, overtly or otherwise.
It would doubtless put their association at risk. Given the alternative, he may be left with little choice.
Arista's tail lashes once, the sole indication of the subtle undercurrent of fear that has maddeningly sown itself into his chest.
"Possibly," he says, but he fixes his gaze ahead in such a way that might suggest a complete if atypical lack of interest. A breeze skirts the shore, clean and littoral, catching the fringes of his hair. "Given the apparent consequences of such an action before," he lingers on the word, the subtle reminder of Jackson's too-recent death and Ascension hopefully implicit, "that might not be advisable."