Dear Sister,

A short break in the sunshine to rejuvenate the spirit, but soon the sun will be hidden by the autumn mists. Sadly, blue algae mares the once pristine waters flowing past my current perch. The astronomical project taken on by the World Balance council has been using their full resources to return the Earth to a livable and prosperous PH level, but even after fifty years there are still signs that much work is ahead.

Since my last letter the effects of my illness have diminished significantly.  My recovery has progressed enough that I now feel up to resuming my plans for a lab here on campus. I have mimicked the arrangement that I sent with you, and it will duplicate the overall settings that I shared with you in the project parameters. This way I can make a comparison set of data in three locations simultaneously. We determined that even though the anomaly’s influence here on Earth is weakened compared to that in the Alpha Centauri system, there is still data to be considered. The electronic contamination will have to be considered of course, since my present location is not as remote as the lab in New Zealand, But I believe it will be possible to adjust the filtering for this. I will arrange everything so it will automatically begin recording data two years from now.  That will correspond with your arrival in the system and the start-up of the readings there. We will receive many questions about this decision.  The main one will be the time shift.  Why are we studying data on Earth from signals sent two years ago from the Anomaly?  Why not start the recording now?  I am not ready to address our observation about the block time influence used by the phenomenon.  It is hard enough to explain to myself how the Anomaly uses time. I cannot imagine how to explain it to someone else. Let us just say there is no separation between the Earth and the Alpha Centauri system in the view of the Anomaly.    Its influence is everywhere at all points in time. Bridging the gap between this location in space and your future destination with no regards for time.

It will take much of my spare time to complete the alignment of the units before my own travels, but I see it as the only alternative.  All the geographic mapping will need to be recalculated for a different reference point given this new location.  New Zealand is no longer an option and I must come to terms with losing a year of work focusing on that area.   Of course all our original alignments were for that location, but that ship has already sailed.  I have come to the realization that returning there after my full recovery is complete will not leave enough time to complete the needed work.  I will run out of time.  I hope this difficult decision does not disrupt the first output of the project.  Having an accurate correction factor to adjust the final piece will be paramount to its success.   The influential piece will not have near the emotional and physical response from its audience if it is not tailored for its final resting place inside the Louvre on Earth.

Tomorrow the units for the setup will arrive via transport from New Zealand.  I would have preferred to supervise the packing and loading myself, but I am under strict travel restrictions from the regeneration technician.  Even the short trip from North London to Oxford is prohibited.  The doctor requires that I be no more than ten minutes transport distance from the clinic for at least another week.  The sixteen hour hyperflight to New Zealand is out of the questions. I gather from his warnings that the neural connections in my arm were compromised by the bacterial infection that invaded my system. I only realize now how precarious my condition was during my illness. I promised him I would be more careful for the remainder of my regeneration.  I will still conduct my biweekly lectures, but no student interactions afterward are allowed. I am now questioning my close proximity to the blue tinted water as I sit here writing to you. Who knows what this prolific organism will do on contact. 

I will write again tomorrow.  I want to get in as much conversation time as possible before you enter the big sleep.  

Love Annalis