Dear Victoria,

I have spent many hours considering the strange story of my abduction and incarceration on the ship orbiting the dead satellite.  During my few months here on the Phycodurus I have glimpsed both my captors among the inhabitants.  One of them, the man, is a member of the medical staff.  I have not been able to determine his position on the station, but he is of high rank according to his uniform.  I am cautious about asking for information about him or trying to glimpse into his records as this might bring his attention to my presence. So far I have seen no indication that he even acknowledges I exist. His role on the station does not seem to cross any path with mine or my work. The woman from the memory works in the behavior research department and I have been able to access her information with less notice because her division works along with several of my direct associates.  Her main role in the team is focused on research into New London native species and their adaptation to introduced foreign material, flora and fauna.  This also includes the disturbance to natural environments and climate shift caused by human interference over the occupied centuries. I suspect she is one of the driving members of the protest groups that fight against the use of New London as a research hub. I am questioning my conclusion since it is odd that she has such a prominent role here on the station, but I am still gathering proof of this assumption.  Of course this does not explain why I have a memory of the abduction or why I have such weird recollections of my time spent on their ship.  I get no indication from either of them that they know or acknowledge me. Indeed these thoughts take me back to your dream journal filled while you were ill in your first year on New London.  You eluded several times when you reviewed your writings that it seemed to be focused on the Equines past history; the vision of the creature’s emergence into the universe and its first encounter with mankind.  Could it have also the ability to impart future events into the minds of recipients? We always suspected the Equine was not a creature confined by time, but one existing outside those constraints.  Animate in all times at once with no forward or backwards, but only a mindful connection to all existing moments at once.  An entity that is present in every moment at once, experiencing all of time and space without limitations that require it to follow the flow, but can remain still as the waters of a lake, watching the passage of the universe around it. This is a fascinating but terrifying thought. It means at some time in my future, I will be whisked away off of the Phycoduras and deposited in a far off orbit to be interrogated.  I cannot even go to the security captain here on the station about this.  How insane will he think me if I related these fears? So I am telling you. Not to alarm or worry you, but as a precaution if (or when) something happens.  I will do as you did and write down everything I remember so if this is indeed a premature warning from the creature, you will have some knowledge about my whereabouts and the nature of my captivity.

Then there is the subject of the dark entity I encountered on the ship.  Are these memories being supplied by this creature?  Is it an aspect of the Equine we have not encountered before, or a whole new player? Is the Equine a creature of past and present, while there is a counter part that proposes the future? Sorry to go on and on with my musing and questions,  a harbinger with no definitive answers, but It would comfort me greatly if we could debate these points together.  I hate to think I am losing my grip on reason. I believe these same types of thoughts passed through your mind after reviewing your dream journal.  The similarities are a bit alarming.

Please do not let me ruin your time with Nikolaas.  Tell me all about your time together in your next letter and the things you have learned.  Do not leave out any of the delicious details about the creations you will be privileged to try. It will be a welcome distraction and remind me of what my real focus is here.

Love Annalis