24 Thorne
“Before visiting another world, bring along a list of facts and questions.” - Beauregard the Great, author of Instructions for Visiting Parallel Worlds
After stepping inside the cabin, I follow Archibald over the threshold and into a small back room lined with machines.
“I’ll leave you to it,” says Archibald. He leaves, closing the door behind him. I’m left behind in a chamber that can only be described with one word.
Wow.
I count six modified monoliths, which are multi-purpose drift science stations. The walls are lined with stacks of slim white discs that hover one atop the other, reminding me of so many columns on an ancient temple. Each round item represents a separate quantum computer. A shoulder-height silver tower—which is the latest in 3-D render boxes—hums away in a
