Thel exclaimed. “When was this recorded?”“Alejandra and I saw this live just before we came to get you on the Purist ship,” Old-timer replied.“Who is talking to James?” Thel asked.“It is 1,” Neirbo replied.“1?”“There must be a voice for the human race,” Neirbo explained. “Since we are all of equal intelligence and ability, we randomly select a person to be our leader every 1000 days. This person takes on the moniker 1 and spends that time jacked into our collective consciousness. She is the only person who can communicate with all of us at once; she leads us. It is a tremendous burden—but also the highest honor.”“Why is she talking to James?” Thel asked, still confused.“Listen,” Neirbo said in his typically toneless voice.Thel watched the exchange from the point of view of 1. “We wish for you to join with us,” 1 said to James. “We have to fight the nans here before they join with the other organisms of their type that are already established throughout the universe.
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