There, in the corner! A shadow traverses the wall. It looks like a puff of smoke, gray and vague. There are emanations of a certain watchfulness and curiosity. It is the first time I have not felt alone during my captivity. The shadow’s appearance is alarming but also comforting. A feeling of companionship washes over me and I sit back on my bunk taking up my reading material once more, reassuring the embryotic specter with my description of the anatomy of dragons. As I read the words, a transformation takes place within the darkling form. Violet lights appear, flashing on and off to the rhythm of my words, echoing the cadence of my reading back to me in color. I cannot describe what I see or compare it to any known entity I have ever encountered. Not even the strange sea creatures inhabiting the deepest oceans of Earth are a match to the uniqueness of this vison. I only call it a violet shadow for lack of any other description.

Dear Victoria,

First I must apologize for my rant in the previous conversation. I had temporarily lost the struggle to remain grounded and I fear my letter to you was the result of that temporary lack of control. I will try my best to remain stable for our brief correspondence since this must send alarms back to you.

I began this letter with a short excerpt from my daily musings. Please be assured I am perfectly sane and lucid, although my words may not seem so. I wanted to give you an idea of how the presence has manifested itself to me. I realize it is hard for you to imagine what is occurring with me, but I know this is real. There is still the question of my ability to grasp reality to answer, but I have described to you exactly what I am experiencing. Whether it is in my mind or an actual encounter, I cannot determine, but as I said in my journal entry, I am finding a strange comfort from it. I have even learned to enjoy our reading sessions: taking pleasure from the response to certain passages of my favorites stories and gauging the emotions emanating from my visitor; like sharing a story with a child for the first time, imitating the voices of the different characters in the story and receiving the delight from my audience when an exceptional occurrence is related in the tale.

For one thing, it has helped pass the long hours alone in my quarters, but it also has set me mind on the correct track of my study of our research subject. We have always thought it was a unique manifestation. Whether sentient or not, this debate must remain open until our research has progressed, but is it a singular manifestation? Might there be others?

This strange apparition that visits me on occasion seems familiar. Like an echo of the music I heard during my episode in New Zeeland, and the other in the wilderness of Northern Scotland. Even the unidentified signals I received from the dark mater detector. What is signaling from that location of space? I know, I know!! I can hear your arguments in my head even as I write these words. Father is also there speaking of my focus on the current project and my obligations to the Louvre. But I am stuck here in this unknown location without any hope of furthering my work for the Louvre, so I will work with what has been given to me.

 

There has never been any report of this type of contact with the Anomaly from the Earth sources. I remember vaguely some mention of this in a colonial report from New London during the first decades of occupation. I believe it was mixed in with an agricultural report, but I have scoured by database and cannot locate this incident. I can still remember something of the report. It was from a second generation native and they were discussing their relationship with the apparition that shared their solar system. We both questioned if this was some type of new spiritual uprising among the native as so often happens during the difficult years of a new civilization, but we thought this doubtful since the report came from the scientific community. If I remember correctly there was mention of visions and premonitions. These we did dismiss as part of the rituals always prevalent among new spiritual practices since these were only discussion recorded with one of the agriculturalists crew. I see now we should have delved deeper into these reports. If indeed there is a psychic connection between the exposed inhabitant and the Anomaly, are you also experiencing the same as I? Is it not only the emotional and creative influence that is shared by the Anomaly?

Why all of the sudden is it making its presence known to me? And why me? I keep asking myself these questions. I cannot answer them, but the feeling, impression, or whatever this is that I am receiving from the visitation is somehow related to the Anomaly. It is darker and more embryonic to be certain, but similar none the less. I so wish more than ever that I could consult with you. I fear I may be drifting further into this delusion just to maintain my overall sanity during this tedious situation. Alas! You are not here to reassure or condemn my ideas. The fact that this entity has totally different aspects encourages me to believe its manifestation is real and not a figment of my insanity. What if it is an echo of the Anomalies energy across space? Does that mean I am near or actually in the Alpha Centauri system? How I wish I had another view of the space outside other than the satellite below. We did discuss the possibility of an energy echo during the first days of our study after we found that report.

Ahhh!! Not having you here as a sounding board is becoming more and more frustrating as I write. I will stop for now and dip into our past records again. That agricultural record must be somewhere in there. Maybe then I can review it and answer a few of my own questions.

Love in Spirit

Annalis