I saw that orange Overseer again. It was patrolling through Open Waters’ Underhang area. I should have mentioned that Overseer in the pearl I had sent to Unending Canvas. A little too late now.

That reminds me. That data I had received last time… I still need it decrypted. I don’t have the key, or the time to waste all my processing power on it.

You can’t store something like that on an Overseer… unless whoever sent it had found some exploit or loophole? If that’s the case, maybe this Overseer doesn’t belong to Sulfur. It could just be some… weird coincidence! I’m unsure.

He can’t contact me. Or anybody. It’s not possible. He’s the most literal definition of a puppet.

What… course of action do I even take here?

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Maybe it was just sent by some council members over in Sulfur’s city. But… they send messages through broadcast, or through pearls.

If I break open that encryption, I could answer all my questions! I only know one person who’s good with these sorts of things. And I think she owes me a bit of a favor from before…

I’ll weigh my options here.