Con-Red: Recourse Read Online Free

a little shrug as he turned back to her and leaned back into his seat.  “I doubt it would happen though.  There could have been any number of factors that precipitated the Odyssian incident.  I’m inclined to believe that an advanced culture wouldn’t simply attack others for no reason.  Diplomacy is in the best interests of both parties.”
    “Yeah, I guess you’re right.  We aren’t even a threat to them in this region anyways.”  Laria said as she looked away for a second, speaking the words more for herself than anything else.
     
    “I’M NOT sure what happened.  I’ve never had problems with sleepwalking in the past, doc.”  Valeri Frederson expressed as he slowly sat up on the examination table.
    He crossed his arms nervously across his chest and watched the scanner retract back into the wall behind the table.  Val was nervous and anxious to get the results back.  Over the past week he had gone to bed only to be awakened in some other part of the consulate by a fellow coworker with no memory of getting there.  This lack of control over his own body was frightening to the usually control centric personality of the man.
    The doctor, a young physician only a year out of his residency, sat across from his in a low chair and studied PCD that he held in his left hand.  “Well, good news is that all your tests came back negative, Val.  All your neural pathways are firing normally and there is no evidence of any sort of infection or drug in your system.”
    Pausing for a moment, he lowered the PCD and looked up at Valeri.  “The only thing I found was indications of stress and anxiety, which are completely normal under the circumstances.”
    “I’ve been under stressful situations before, though, and nothing like this has happened.” 
    “Every situation is different, Val.  You’ve never been on a floating asteroid in the middle of nowhere trying to contact what could be an alien civilization before.  Especially one that could be aggressive in nature .”  The doctor lifted his PCD back into his lap and started to tap commands on the screen.
    “But what if I do something bad when I sleep walk again.  What if I hurt myself or god forbid someone else?  I can’t control myself when I’m sleepwalking.  I can’t even remember what I was doing during it!”  He let out in a shout before controlling himself, breathing fast for a minute as he tried to calm himself.
    “Val, I completely understand your concern.  The nature of sleepwalking is that patients almost never remember doing anything, so it’s no surprise that you don’t either.  We will try to work through this and solve the problem, I promise you.”  He reached out and gave Val’s hand a little squeeze before getting up to walk towards a cabinet.
    The doors opened for him automatically and he produced a small packet.  He ripped it open from the top and pulled out a fingertip sized round patch.
    “With your permission, Val, I’d like to have you wear this monitor device for a few days so we can record your brain during its sleep state.”  He waited for the other to nod in agreement before moving to his side and pulling his earlobe back just a little and applying the patch to the skin behind it.
    The patch changed color from beige to a light blue within seconds of skin contact, indicating a stable application.  The doctor raised his PCD once more and pulled up the monitoring program, which instantly recognized the patch and displayed the image of Valari’s skull.  As he watched, small particles emerged from the patch and drained into Val’s system before quickly moving up into the brain.  These nano-monitoring devices would attach to the proper cerebral structures and network together to broadcast a clear picture of neural firings throughout the brain.
    “I’m also going to give you some medication to calm your nerves and help you sleep.  I’m sure a full night’s rest will do you wonders.”  The doctor