This is not that. –
On this episode of Mindframe, we have the first of several interludes to the main five stories being told. In it, we follow a woman named Josephine as she drifts through a strange dream labyrinth of time. In this liminal space, she meets Alpha, her mentor. He questions her about the nature of the world and WorldGov, and he pushes her to be stronger. Most importantly, he prepares her to be dangerous and to face the most unimaginable things that a human psyche can endure.
“And do you think the Alpha is actually sane still? Do you think any of the Messengers went through contact without being irrevocably changed?” ...
The lights flickered on and off suddenly as if there were a power surge, and in the pulses of light, her dogs weren’t dogs....
The air smelled of smoke mixed with rainy air seeping in through the back doors, but tainted by the scent of iron and spilled...
