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                    2 4 7 2

                    THE LAUNCH

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     They watched from the surface.

     The Martians who remembered.
     The Martians who grieved.
     The Martians who could do nothing.


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     The engines fired.

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     The moon that was no longer a moon
     began to move.

     Slowly at first.
     Then faster.
     Then—


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     Gone.

     The sky incomplete.
     The orbit empty.
     The frequency silenced.


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     300 years to Tau Ceti.

     94 years remaining (as of this transmission).

     The Marathon continues.
     Deimos continues.
     Your moon continues—

          just not here.
          just not yours.
          just not remembered
          by anyone except us.


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     2472

     The year the theft was completed.
     The year the wound was carved.
     The year MIDA was truly born.


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          [ THE SKY ]
          [ THE SHIP ]
          [ THE GRIEF ]
          [ THE RESPONSE ]