WEBVTT 00:00:01.800 --> 00:00:04.940 Broadcast warning. The following record designated 00:00:04.940 --> 00:00:08.000 the testimony of Solme Varr has been cleared for 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.199 restricted transmission under the oversight of 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.140 the Departamento Vox Communicatus and the Department 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:16.260 of Civic Flower Imagining. This material has 00:00:16.260 --> 00:00:19.120 been deemed partially heretical, mildly contagious 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:22.879 and linguistically unstable. Auditory exposure 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.960 may result in emotional synchronisation with 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:28.839 unknown frequencies, unscheduled remorse for 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:31.800 actions not personally committed. The sensation 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.060 of being remembered by unfamiliar machinery, 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:37.479 transient episodes of lucidity followed by deep, 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.340 grateful obedience. Listeners are reminded that 00:00:41.340 --> 00:00:44.020 Solmayvar's testimony is not to be taken literally, 00:00:44.219 --> 00:00:48.960 figuratively, or at all. Avoid repeating any 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.100 of her phrases aloud, especially those that rhyme 00:00:52.100 --> 00:00:55.759 or hum back at you. If your Vox unit begins to 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.600 leak light, immediately close your eyes and pray 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.219 to whichever authority still answers. All responses 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:04.560 to this transmission will be logged, evaluated 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.480 and possibly forgiven. By continuing to listen, 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.140 you consent to witness. By witnessing, you consent 00:01:12.140 --> 00:01:19.299 to inclusion. First I must clarify that my congregation 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:21.819 is fully compliant with all devotional regulations. 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.560 Attendance is consistent, genuflection angles 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.200 are within acceptable variance, and we no longer 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.819 incorporate foreign hymnals into our liturgies 00:01:30.819 --> 00:01:34.920 following the audit. I only report this because, 00:01:35.180 --> 00:01:42.299 well, I suppose it began with events. There's 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:46.280 a tone, you see. Not unpleasant, like a choir 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:50.159 warming up beneath the floor. The first time 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.079 we heard it was during the evening prayer cycle. 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:55.560 The hymn Righteous Pressure Differential was 00:01:55.560 --> 00:02:01.659 in progress, and the air began to join in. A 00:02:01.659 --> 00:02:07.019 hum, soft and steady. The vents shivered, and 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:10.680 the dust danced in the candlelight. At first 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:13.020 we assumed it was the building settling, or perhaps 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:15.120 the Emperor himself acknowledging our diligence 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.280 in maintaining proper atmospheric sanctity. So 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:26.259 we sang louder, and the hum? It harmonised. Some 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:29.020 of the older parishioners began to weep. They 00:02:29.020 --> 00:02:31.759 said they felt the sound in their bones, like 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:35.479 a benediction that started from within. Others 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:41.280 described a warmth, a sense of being known. I 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:49.300 admit, I felt it too. By the second week, new 00:02:49.300 --> 00:02:52.860 faces began to attend. They said they had heard 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:57.099 the call through the ducts. Most wore their rebreathers 00:02:57.099 --> 00:03:00.879 wrong. A shame, but we allowed it. The Emperor 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:06.580 sends all sorts. One woman brought a piece of 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:08.680 something she claimed had fallen from the ceiling 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:13.060 of her hab. A small, curved fragment, ivory pale 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:17.680 and ridged with metal veins. She said it sang 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:22.460 when held near the vent. We placed it on the 00:03:22.460 --> 00:03:24.860 altar, between the candles and the recycling 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:31.000 quota slips. The hum grew louder. The children 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.919 began to draw shapes of it in the dust. All those 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:38.719 twisting lines. The many little mouths. I reminded 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:41.180 them that unauthorised icons are subject to confession. 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.000 But they said the shapes moved when you looked 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:52.520 away. So we let them continue. It's strange. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:56.740 The congregation has doubled since then, but 00:03:56.740 --> 00:04:00.139 the air still feels thick, heavy with kindness. 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:05.900 No one's ill anymore. No one's tired. We share 00:04:05.900 --> 00:04:09.300 food, dreams, sometimes words we don't remember 00:04:09.300 --> 00:04:14.979 learning. I've tried to contact the local ministerial 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:19.529 office, but the vox just hums back now. The same 00:04:19.529 --> 00:04:27.750 note we hear at prayer. It feels like the Emperor 00:04:27.750 --> 00:04:49.089 is finally listening. Thank you.