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[aluminumandash]

[ "Our people," huh?

This is all solid information—vital, maybe—but: ] Didn't you wanna stay at the field?

[2199]

I could do more elsewhere. They have a scientist at the airfield-- they have things handled. It would be a good base, especially to send anyone injured, but we have to establish paths to it, which requires a map.

[aluminumandash]

Yeah. They done a lot with a little, from the sound of things. [ A slight pause. ] You a scientist too?

[2199]

[Her voice rolls droll, humored.] No. The people on this island are very fond of trying to guess my job.

[aluminumandash]

[ Not her people anymore.

Neutral: ] Keeps things simple.

[2199]

Maybe too simple.

[But sure, fine.]

What did you do before this?

[aluminumandash]

Police. Homicide, Louisiana.

[2199]

NCIS. West Virginia and DC, mostly, but I went where I was needed.

Were you on a case, before you woke up here?

[aluminumandash]

[ Measured: ] I was. [ He thinks of it—her, that field, her diary—often. Not enough. ] But I, I can't figure a connection.

You?

[2199]

I was.

There's no reason having a busy professional life would land us here. But I wonder if the people here have some other commonality beyond bad luck.

[aluminumandash]

Do you wonder, or do you have a theory?

[2199]

Did you know déjà vu is caused by the brain forming memories incorrectly? What can seem like a meaningful connection, some kind of echo, is really just a malfunctioning synapse.

I have theories, but they only apply to me. I guess I need more data.

[aluminumandash]

Pareidolia. I know it.

What're they like at the field? The people.