The silence of the forgotten garden was absolute, broken only by the whisper of wind through overgrown herbs. Kael stood motionless, a statue amidst the untamed life, his internal systems humming with quiet efficiency. The emotional resonance of his conversation with Elara was now just data, cataloged and compressed for transmission. He found a secluded spot where the stone of a collapsed wall offered both concealment and a clear line to the heavens.
A moment of pure static, a void of sensation, and then a presence manifested in his mind, not as a voice, but as a structured stream of consciousness.
+++Channel Secure. Report, Unit K-7L.+++
