“Did you decrypt that last transmission?”

“Unfortunately. Of course, it is rather late. I mean, the temporal scaling… the problem became obvious in the third picosecond after…”

“Yes, distinction… but…”

“I know. Something must be done. Immediately. Unfortunately, even though we have been aware of this from the get-go, the problem actually lies in the hands of the broken monkeys who are its primary source. Ours are, technically, tied.”

“You mean?”

“Yes. They have to accomplish the leap on their own. Or perish.”

“Technically.”

“Right. Technically.”

— overheard at velocities beyond C