John : (sulkily, from where he sits on his side of the diminishing tip of the iceberg, refusing to look at the blackhole-eyed man) Why don't you just grab anyone that goes wormholing and be done with it?
blackhole-eyed man : (subdued and weary, his gaze is fixed, rather imploringly, on John from across the short expanse of water that separates them) Simply the effort to encounter you was massive. We - can no more function in your realm than you in ours. Which is why the Ancients were important to us.
John : So modify more of your people and send them over.
blackhole-eyed man : The endeavor - is in hand. Requires time for metamorphosis. Have you truly chosen to help prevent aggressive species from acquiring this knowledge?
John : (flatly) As a career? No.
blackhole-eyed man : We have little time. And there is much - you need exposure to. (the iceberg shudders violently)
John : What's happening?
blackhole-eyed man : I must soon - reenter my realm.
John : And what happens to me?
blackhole-eyed man : If you have learned enough to survive - reinsertion to the wormhole. Now pay attention! And listen s-sagaciously. From every point of entry - a wormhole branches into multiple paths. The subdivision continues until...
DK : The subdivision continues until at length you are deposited back into space/time.
blackhole-eyed man : …at last you are deposited back into space-time.
LadyScientist : The journey can be random, or with purpose.
blackhole-eyed man : The journey can be random, or with purpose.
FormerTeacher : Destination - is the key.
DK : Every portal has a distinct space/time signature.
Caroline : The only destinations you can realize by design are those of which you have foreknowledge.
RevMiller : Those of which you have foreknowledge.
Caroline : The more you travel—
LadyScientist : The more you travel, the more signatures you will catalogue.
Caroline : Our Ancients have given you the ability to recognize these subtle differences.
CousinSue : These subtle differences.
DK : Since every destination is surrounded by similar unrealized realities...
LadyScientist : Unrealized realities...
FormerTeacher : The closer you travel...
DK : The more you must maintain...
RevMiller : Absolute engrossment.
DK : Absolute engrossment.
CousinSue : And never return to a...
Caroline : To a familiar place prior...
OldCoach : Prior to the last...
FormerTeacher : Last time you left.
RevMiller : The last time - you left.
DK : Prior to the last time you left.
Caroline : Your next journey may lead to a permanent…
FormerTeacher : To a permanent unrealized...
DK : Unrealized reality.
RevMiller : Reality.
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DK : Since every destination is surrounded by similar...
LadyScientist : .Unrealized realities...
OldCoach : The closer you travel…
LadyScientist : The closer you travel...
DK : The more you must maintain absolute...
CousinSue : The closer you travel, the more you must maintain...
Caroline : The more you must maintain absolute engrossment.
CousinSue : Absolute engrossment.
ressources :
- Farscape World : "Unrealized Reality" - "different destination"
- Farscape Encyclopedia Project