“So you're suggesting” I said, “That something caused the
freezer to come to life for a reason.”
“Yes,” he replied, “And when it failed to elicit a response it
stopped. Probably because it required too much energy.”
“What would want to do something like that? And why?”
He looked at me quizzically. “Both questions could be answered
with a shrug of the shoulders,” he said, shrugging. “I am as
ignorant as yourselves.”
“You must have some idea,” Mary insisted.
“This is the Weave,” he replied, “It could be anything, for any
number of reasons, most of which would make no sense to you or I.
All we know for certain is that something is out there, and it wants
to get our attention.”
