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Broadcast warning. Classified liturgical material.

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Audit level Gamma 4. Issued under the joint authority

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of Departmento Vox Communicatus and the Office

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of Internal Reverence. The following material,

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the testimony of Halix Dreve, has been cleared

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for supervised devotional review. Playback authorization

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was granted after 27 revisions, 6 confessions,

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and 1 regrettable explosion. All listeners are

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reminded that statements made by the speaker

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are historically accurate within approved margins

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of error. Listeners are not to interpret the

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subject's tone, word choice or screams as criticism

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of the Emperor's plan. Any mention of things

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beneath is to be understood metaphorically unless

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otherwise instructed by a ranking cleric. Emotional

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contagion during playback such as curiosity,

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nausea or empathy constitutes a breach of contained

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composure, please report yourself immediately.

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Citizens are encouraged to maintain posture,

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recite the oath of listening, and avoid making

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eye contact with the vox emitter during transmission.

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Remember, faithful ears hear only what they're

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meant to. This has been a devotional compliance

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reminder from the Office of Clarity. Remain calm.

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Remain upright. Remain useful. I was assigned

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to review complaints regarding auditory anomalies

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in the lower habitation clusters. Specifically,

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reports of vent -based hymnals, unlicensed residence

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cults, and communal breathing events. The forms

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were improperly cross -referenced, naturally.

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Half of them arrive sealed to each other with

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a substance that appears to be wax, though it

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pulses faintly under heat. Upon arrival at Habcluster

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Epsilon -17, I was greeted by Rustician Var,

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a bright -eyed individual with excellent penmanship.

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He insisted that the sounds in question were

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the results of mechanical sympathy. I asked him

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to define the term. He smiled and said, the city's

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just learning to pray back. The vents were indeed

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resonating. A low, consistent tone measured at

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approximately 74 Hz. I observed minor vibrations

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in nearby ferrocrete, consistent with harmonic

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feedback. The air carried a faint odour of warm

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copper and ozone, which the locals described as

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sweet. During an inspection of the primary ventilation

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conduit, I discovered a fibrous growth interwoven

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with the metal supports. It appeared almost organic,

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pale, corded, lightly pulsing. When touched,

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it was warm. My vox recorder captured the following

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anomaly. Hallux, it said. Just that. My name.

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Spoken not as speech, but as a vibration in the

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steel. I deleted the recording, of course. Improper

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data sanctity. But the resonance persists. I

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can feel it now, even here, in my quarters. A

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faint humming under the desk, through the chair

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legs, in the papers. I filed requisition forms

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for maintenance, but the system refuses them.

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Each time the terminal responds, already processed.

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I don't recall processing them. My reflection

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in the data slate looks strange. The eyes seem

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clearer, brighter. I sleep less, but I don't

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feel tired. The hum is here under my breath when

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I speak, between the words when I pray. I think

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I understand now why the Rustician was smiling.

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The Emperor's voice was never meant to be confined

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to voxel scripture. It needs mouths. So many

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mouths. Halix Dreve was played by Phillip Roy.

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Vox Sanctum Gloriana is an Evil Lighthouse production.