| March 17, 1981 |
| infiltration |
these things are made to function precisely a glitch appears on the horizon just below the level of conscious perception a back-up system lights up signaling a possible disturbance this causes a slight nervousness stimulating an increase in overall awareness nervousness remains until the glitch is clarified (some ordinary non-threatening phenomenon perhaps) or goes away entirely – doublecheck: glitch has withdrawn in the defective system nervousness is perceived as an actual disturbance lacking – quite naturally – internal mechanisms for removing this protective reaction the defective system absorbs from without a cloaking device the nervousness phenomenon is effectively eliminated general awareness subsides to below-normal leaving an airy calm the glitch signaling a possible disturbance crosses the horizon unnoticed enters the system and grows |