INTERCEPTED: A Conversation with Sara Bennett

Second recovered transmission. Same channel. The interviewer's voice has been identified as the same speaker. The girl has not been identified at all.

INTERCEPTED: A Conversation with Sara Bennett

Q: Sara, thanks for talking with me. You're not going to walk out like the last one, right?

Ha! No promises. But I brought snacks, so I'm at least staying until those are gone.

Q: You've been described as the most normal person in the colonies.

That's so funny. Who said that? No, seriously, who said that?

Q: Is it not true?

I mean, I like normal things. Music. Sleeping in. Days where nothing explodes. Normal is kind of the dream out here, isn't it?

Q: You said "the dream." Do you dream, Sara?

...You've been talking to Anna.

Q: I never mentioned Anna.

[The recording distorts here for six seconds. When it resumes, her tone has changed.]

You should be more careful with the questions you carry around, mister. Some of them are heavier than they look.

Q: Sara, wait...

Snacks are gone! This was fun.

[End of transmission. The channel it was recovered from does not exist in colony records.]

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