CHASING GHOSTS

Transcript:
Gorev: I am growing concerned, is all. His behavior since coming here has been erratic.
Valentina: Peck has always had his quirks. You know this.
Gorev: Yes, but he is more skittish than usual. He is talking to himself. He spends all day and night in that silo.
Valentina: Do you suspect Aetherium exposure?
Gorev: It is hard to say. He has developed new obsession. You have seen strange computer, yes?
Valentina: Exoscience disassembled one. We are struggling to make sense of it. Its mechanisms are... complex.
Gorev: Our American friend talks to it.
Valentina: I have heard of others who do this. It is like moth and flame. They are drawn to it, but do not know why.
Gorev: Apparently it talks back to Peck.
Valentina: Does the Colonel know this?
Gorev: Nyet. I was going to draft report--
Valentina: --hold for now. Give me a few days. Let me investigate.
Gorev: Saves me paper work. I have little interest in chasing ghosts.