[ Steve only receives bits and pieces of the correspondence from both of them, but he tries (for the umpteenth time) to send something back. As if he can make the message send by sheer force of will. ]
There are others ḧ̵̘͍̱̜̦͛̀͗̊̽̅̔͌͂́͝e̸̢̥̖̤̖̟̒̏͑͛r̶̢̧̢̝̠̬͗̑̈̂́̃̃͋̕͘͠ͅẹ̷̡̢͔̞̥͙̯̩̬̲̯̺̍͒͒͊̍̋̾͛̎̌͆͑̃ ̴̗̗̬͕͗̄͂͒͑̾ẅ̵͙̜̣͎́̊͜i̸̳̗͈̗̰͓͚̱͉͆̃̽͜t̴̢̜̹̜͍̺̗̮̠̤̰͎̝̘͕̀͂͝ḩ̸̤̹̬͔̳͂̽͐͒̔̌͒͌̀͊̄́͛͆̚ͅ ̵̙̗͈̭̦̀̈́̓̂̂̏̂͂͘m̵̢̧͖̪̖̦̜͎̮̺̏͜ę̷̨̛̗̘̠̗̻̺̖̥̖͕̑̽̿̇̚.
[ sam does get it, but the corruption through the letters almost makes it worse. he's seen this before, he knows how completely futile it is to push back against it, but he tries all the same. there's no telling when steve might receive this message, but sam can't let the chance to actually contact him slip by. ]
STEVE? MAN, YOUR MESSAGES ARE ALL KINDS OF SCREWED UP SOMETHING'S BLOCKING YOUR CONNECTION WHERE ARE Y'ALL? ANY INFO ON THE OTHERS?
W̶̫͎͂̈́́̒̈́͐͑̈́̔̂͌͘a̴̩̘͕̯͕͎͔͍͚̿̂̇̀̅̔͛̃͜n̴̢̧̞͕̠̦̤̺̈̑̈́̒̅̓̔̅͑͐̚͝͝d̴̨̨̛̫̻̤̦̮̗̝̰̋̓̌͆͒͂̓̓̕͝ͅa̷̢̛͇̤̺͚͎̘̠̥̮̟̠͐̐̎̊̇̕ ̶̰̋͌̾̓̓̿̿͛̿̆̄͐̈́͘ǟ̶̺̺̣̭̖͉̼̻̖̙̥̯̅̚͝͝ͅn̸͈̥̙̬̖̓̏̏̅͜d̴͉̦̤̹̰̲̲͔̲́ͅ ̴͚̰̳͙͙̞͚̰͍̦̀͂̀̅̃̂̅͜S̵̮̟̗͌̋ͅť̴̡̬̭͚̩̗̭̻̟̜͓̹͖̟̿̿͘ͅë̴̢͍̼͙̟̌͗̍̓p̶̞͖͚̱̩͓̿̑h̴̩̓͆̆̍̄̃͝ę̵̛͖̱͇̮͖̗̻̞̝͈̼́̾́̔͑̽̇̀̽̚n̸̥̣͙̻̠̅͗̂̋͊̇̋̅͋̈́͑̅͐͝͝ aren't here, as far as I̶̢̨̨̞̘̗̳̤͓̙͙̒̈́̏́͑͂̌̐̔ ̸̧̫̼̐̈́͂̅̍͒̿̎c̵̢̛͎͍̲͎̘̣̦̱̙̼̤̓̽͆͘ą̵̧̡̖͈͇͈̙̤̯̭̜̪̟̣̓͗̏̓͛͆̈́̿̈́̃͒̚͝ņ̴̞̣̠̻̽̐̋͝ ̴̭͕̈̆̏͛̀̚ţ̸̺̣͖̻̰͚̮̥̳̦͎̟̗̅̓̀̓͊̋̕̚ͅe̷̞̹̐͗̑͋͛̈̂̊̑̄̕l̷̢̲̻̟͚̰̯̟̽̇̂̀͑̎͌͊̈́́̑̕̚̕͝ͅl̸̨͇͎͔̳̮͖̩͚͕̘̰̣̤̰̋̆͑͝.
Matt is, though. Ẅ̶̢̺͚̰̠͔̭̠̤͖̭̘́̓̐͗̃̏͋̾̌̆̾̀̄̇̀͜ͅé̷̛̙̘̈́̈̾͠͝'̴̛̛̼́̉̎̂̏͋͆̇̾̑̿r̸̨̢̛̰͎̰̤͉̥̠̞̐̍̀̿͂́̀̉͆́͐̕͜ë̴̦͕͖̠̹͖́̀̀̿̍͆̃ ̶̟̖͍̲̳͍̾͋i̶̹̰͕̊̔͒̔̽̌͗̕͝͝n̴̽͝ͅ ̶̫̙̰͚̫̭͈̟̫̱͙̃å̵͕̙͈̠̬̪̠͚̮̪̫̘̺̈́̌͋̄͂̒̐͜͠ ̸̧̣͚̺͙̺̙̲͙̤͍́̃̂̈́̍̉̑̾̉̾̋͌͆̕ͅģ̷̢͕͚̩͙̗̦͉͍͕̰͚͖̎̃̐̑͒̎̋̇̾̃͊̀ͅi̷̦̦̟͙̙͙̻̙̥̝̬͉͈̦͇͛͊̈̿̑̽͆̇̕a̸̧̝͍͈͐͐͘n̸̛͖͊̍̔̈́̊̋̃̾̔́̇̓͝t̷͖̘͎̗̅͌̑͒̈́̈́͌͐͗̅͑͐̆͘ cavern of some kind, b̸̨̟̞̠̬͓͙̑̎̔̐ū̴̧͈͎̳̻̰͓̼̣̩͍̤̦͉̔̂̍̽͐͑̏̕͝͝ͅẗ̴̢̲͓͎́̾̎̀̅̕͜ͅ ̴̢̪̘͈̳̘͔̖͓͇̞̠̪͕͂̀̀͆͛͆̚͜ị̷̧̛̛͔̙͆̌̾̐̾̈̐͒͊̋͝ţ̴̡̨̛̬̝̹͖͉̣͂͛̿̀̀͜'̴̟̘͕̫̰̞͔̰͖̮̳̱͑͆̄̅̇̉͜͜ͅs̴͉̙̫̠̏̒͛̋̓̔͠ ̸̡̡̘̺̹̜̤͔̓̽̂̍̐̄́͘ç̵̯̞͉̟̩͑̋̈́̒̇̂̿̿̋̑̎̋̽̀̄ő̴̘͇̳͑̊͂͛͂́́̾v̶̨̡̛̗̺̞͖̣͚̬̪̥̓̍̇͗̅̍̾̀͑͐̏͊͠͝e̷̱̖̍̊̉͊̌̏̄r̵̥̘͕͓̬̱̻͚͍̻̈́͑̌͘ê̶͇͇̻̭̺̬͈͎͇͙̫͎ͅd̶͙̜͇̼̥̮̮͉̦̯̖̄ in fungi.
Ḯ̷̧̙̬̼̥̩̳̹͕͍̭͎̇́͠t̷̢͎̗̦̲̺͈̓͌̀̐̃ ̶̢͙̊̈́̈͂͊̈́ŝ̶͙̰̙̀̊̉m̶̛̮͙̗͇͓̻̪͆̐̿̏̍̃́̿͆͗̕ę̴̢̥̙̺̦̪͔̪͐̾̆̌̅̊̚͘͘͝l̵̨̳͚̥̻̬̲̟̩͗̈́͂͐̏̽͂̌̂̔̎͜l̶̤̦̘͔͙̙̩͉̩͍̺̇̉̏͘͜s̵̫̳̬̬͖̫͕̘̒͆͐́̌̑́͋̀́͋͘͜͜͝ͅ ̸̢̡̛̲̠̝̪̻̠͙̞̜͉̈́̎̌͗̽͆̄̿̽̋̈́͆͋͝ like death down here. F̶̠̓̃̅̓̽̎͒͘̕͠o̵̗̳͇̝͕̾̃̐̅̽͒͋́ŗ̷̛͚̼̪̩̃͂͐̀̈̒̀̅̊̋̽̈́͜͝ ̸̰̞̙̥̗̮͕̦̜͑̅́̈́̄̕̚̚͘͠͝s̶̫͚̤̳̭͚̙̞̤͍̮̪̋́͋̚̕͝ͅͅo̵͓͕̞͎̜͍̦̹͐͂́̊̐̈͒͑̽̒́͌̕͠ͅm̴͈͖̱͇̖͕͕̹̬̤̻̃̃̌̍̇͜ę̸̠̗̯̮̞͚̞̦̋̂̆̽̅̕͠͝ ̷̨̡̢̛̦̳͈̭̥͕͚͓͙͇͇͓͗̓̇͒̑̔͌̚͠r̶̢̤̤̎̀͒̆͌͌̈́̆̓̄́̋́͌ę̷͖͉̭̹͉̮͓̮̥͕̾̒a̵̻̱̿̔́̃̔̚͝s̷̢̡̰̩̰͙̪̙̣̟͕͙̈́̓̋̅͛̓̐͋̀̆͘͠ͅo̷̡̡̳̥̞͎̺̹̣̺̜̻̽͆̑̈́͐͜͜ǹ̶̛̪͔̝̊,̶͎͗͑́̕̕ ̵͖̅̑͆̀͒͘̚t̵͖̤͉̘͖̿͗͌̂̋̓̅̃͂̆͌͘͘͘͜h̷̛̖̞̙͕̀̂͒̓̋̅͋̋̎̾͐̕͝e̷̳̗̎̑̈́͂͗̆̌͗̃͌͝͠͝͝r̴̡̜̹̠̞͗̍̿̕͜ȩ̴̡͉̘̟̪͉̠̪̰̠͍̂͛̕'̸̗̘̯̖̹͆̾̾̅̉̽̚s̴̡̙͇̖̦̝̼̯̞͍̺̹̞̃͒̆̓͘ there's also a lot of corn.
I'LL CHECK WITH WANDA AND STEPHEN SEE IF I GET ANYTHING BACK BUT STEVE- I SERIOUSLY CAN'T SEE HALF OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE DID YOU JUST SAY /CORN/? AND /DEATH/? IN THE SAME SENTENCE?
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Ẁ̵͈̃̐̒̏e̵͎̰̰͕͎̱̞̗̾̃̒ͅ'̵̳̮̞͖̲̳̹̦̟̯̝̝̲̐̈͑̋̉ͅr̸̭̒͊̅́̾͝e̷̛͚̙̯̘̪̱̒͒̀̓̇̀̑͆͘͝hanging i̷̧͈͗̓̃̀̇̃̚ń̸̡̦̣̦̪͈̖̬̃̎͊̇ ̵̺̥͈̲̺̅̓́͠t̴̡̡̖͇̮̫̦͍̩̙̳̫̭͕̐̍̍͐͒̀ͅh̴̠̮̥̣̗͖̺̿̐̊̾͛͋́̀̆e̴̢̺̩̣̰̻̫̱̻͙͎͔̘̪̔̊̇̓̽̈͋͒͒̽r̴̢̛͍͔͓̤̯͕̺̫͕̗͗̎̅̈̃̎̋̾͜è̷̡̛̖̙̽̾̊̈́̐̇̃̇̔̂,̷̧̢̛͈̻̘͖̬̙̜͎͕̤̪̔͐͛̀̄̉͊̿̕͝, looking f̵̱̦͚̣̺̗̖͖̮͚͖̂ơ̴̡̖̰̦̩͙͙͂̍̆̇̓̈́́̾͝ͅr̴̨̧̡̮̩̼̫̝̿͌͒̐̀͝ ̵̘̝̙̭̟͚͔̦͚̱̟͇̃̚a̵̳͍͎̬̰̜͚̮͍͚̳͇̖͚͑͠͠ͅ ̵̪͍͇̮̪͌̊̓̊̓̌̽͛͗̍̏w̶̧̢̝̝̺͇̟̲̠̰̞̺̃̈́͆̈̚a̴̝̯̮̗̺̎͊̓̌͋̏̈́̀͘̚ý̴̨̬̦̦̖̯̪̽̆̅͐͐̋̄͗͌̇̕͝͝͝ ̶̳͍̥̫̓̿̀́o̸̡̞̟̬̪̱̤͕̟̿̎̉̾͋͊̽̀́̑͑͊̇̚ų̷̨̧̯̻͓̻̣̫͚͈̞̻̗͖͆̑͆͂̂̆͛̀͗̀͝ṭ̷͙̼̹̫̩̯̒̑͌̀̍͒̊͒͆̚
N̵̡̥̭̠̜̱̞̩͕̬̹̞̗̟̍̃̌̏̊̃̿̈́̓̀̇͋͠ö̸̡̧̜̣̯͚̱͚̞͚͓̲̎̂͒̑̆͊̔̚ţ̴̛͓̺͕̥̖̠̘͎̳̞͍̯̍̊́̃͂̉̅̾́̋̚ͅͅ ̴͕̱̩͎̟̝͇͔̳̫̹͉͑͠s̶͈̔̿̒͌̍̅͠u̴̢̡̟̳̩̞̪͔̙̮̞̅́̑̃̽͗̆̔͗̿̕͜͠r̵̜̠͊̋e̵̛̪͉͔̘͎͑͂̔̿͆́̈̀̾͂͛̇͘̚͜ ̵́͋̏̍̆̎́̀ͅi̶̙͇͋̈́͆̏̔̎̑̐͜͠f̴̡̠̩̤͕̦̼͉͙́̾͌͐̈̚ ̶̠͙͒̀̽́̄́͛͗͆̋͗͘͘͠Į̷̬̥̱̟͕͇͇̻̳̭̈̓̈̀̽͗͊̍̕ ̷̗̯̮͔̟̟̫͇̈́̆̈́̀͛͂̀̚̕̚͝͝c̴̻̳͛̓̅̀͐̀͊̂͂̍͘a̴̢̛̛̳͚͕̤̦͍̫̪͓͚̭̾̌͋͌̐͋̓̃͘̚͝ͅͅn̶̗̪͖̝̼̦̱͇̼̪̑́͋̔ access Horizon
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Matt is, though. Ẅ̶̢̺͚̰̠͔̭̠̤͖̭̘́̓̐͗̃̏͋̾̌̆̾̀̄̇̀͜ͅé̷̛̙̘̈́̈̾͠͝'̴̛̛̼́̉̎̂̏͋͆̇̾̑̿r̸̨̢̛̰͎̰̤͉̥̠̞̐̍̀̿͂́̀̉͆́͐̕͜ë̴̦͕͖̠̹͖́̀̀̿̍͆̃ ̶̟̖͍̲̳͍̾͋i̶̹̰͕̊̔͒̔̽̌͗̕͝͝n̴̽͝ͅ ̶̫̙̰͚̫̭͈̟̫̱͙̃å̵͕̙͈̠̬̪̠͚̮̪̫̘̺̈́̌͋̄͂̒̐͜͠ ̸̧̣͚̺͙̺̙̲͙̤͍́̃̂̈́̍̉̑̾̉̾̋͌͆̕ͅģ̷̢͕͚̩͙̗̦͉͍͕̰͚͖̎̃̐̑͒̎̋̇̾̃͊̀ͅi̷̦̦̟͙̙͙̻̙̥̝̬͉͈̦͇͛͊̈̿̑̽͆̇̕a̸̧̝͍͈͐͐͘n̸̛͖͊̍̔̈́̊̋̃̾̔́̇̓͝t̷͖̘͎̗̅͌̑͒̈́̈́͌͐͗̅͑͐̆͘ cavern of some kind, b̸̨̟̞̠̬͓͙̑̎̔̐ū̴̧͈͎̳̻̰͓̼̣̩͍̤̦͉̔̂̍̽͐͑̏̕͝͝ͅẗ̴̢̲͓͎́̾̎̀̅̕͜ͅ ̴̢̪̘͈̳̘͔̖͓͇̞̠̪͕͂̀̀͆͛͆̚͜ị̷̧̛̛͔̙͆̌̾̐̾̈̐͒͊̋͝ţ̴̡̨̛̬̝̹͖͉̣͂͛̿̀̀͜'̴̟̘͕̫̰̞͔̰͖̮̳̱͑͆̄̅̇̉͜͜ͅs̴͉̙̫̠̏̒͛̋̓̔͠ ̸̡̡̘̺̹̜̤͔̓̽̂̍̐̄́͘ç̵̯̞͉̟̩͑̋̈́̒̇̂̿̿̋̑̎̋̽̀̄ő̴̘͇̳͑̊͂͛͂́́̾v̶̨̡̛̗̺̞͖̣͚̬̪̥̓̍̇͗̅̍̾̀͑͐̏͊͠͝e̷̱̖̍̊̉͊̌̏̄r̵̥̘͕͓̬̱̻͚͍̻̈́͑̌͘ê̶͇͇̻̭̺̬͈͎͇͙̫͎ͅd̶͙̜͇̼̥̮̮͉̦̯̖̄ in fungi.
Ḯ̷̧̙̬̼̥̩̳̹͕͍̭͎̇́͠t̷̢͎̗̦̲̺͈̓͌̀̐̃ ̶̢͙̊̈́̈͂͊̈́ŝ̶͙̰̙̀̊̉m̶̛̮͙̗͇͓̻̪͆̐̿̏̍̃́̿͆͗̕ę̴̢̥̙̺̦̪͔̪͐̾̆̌̅̊̚͘͘͝l̵̨̳͚̥̻̬̲̟̩͗̈́͂͐̏̽͂̌̂̔̎͜l̶̤̦̘͔͙̙̩͉̩͍̺̇̉̏͘͜s̵̫̳̬̬͖̫͕̘̒͆͐́̌̑́͋̀́͋͘͜͜͝ͅ ̸̢̡̛̲̠̝̪̻̠͙̞̜͉̈́̎̌͗̽͆̄̿̽̋̈́͆͋͝ like death down here. F̶̠̓̃̅̓̽̎͒͘̕͠o̵̗̳͇̝͕̾̃̐̅̽͒͋́ŗ̷̛͚̼̪̩̃͂͐̀̈̒̀̅̊̋̽̈́͜͝ ̸̰̞̙̥̗̮͕̦̜͑̅́̈́̄̕̚̚͘͠͝s̶̫͚̤̳̭͚̙̞̤͍̮̪̋́͋̚̕͝ͅͅo̵͓͕̞͎̜͍̦̹͐͂́̊̐̈͒͑̽̒́͌̕͠ͅm̴͈͖̱͇̖͕͕̹̬̤̻̃̃̌̍̇͜ę̸̠̗̯̮̞͚̞̦̋̂̆̽̅̕͠͝ ̷̨̡̢̛̦̳͈̭̥͕͚͓͙͇͇͓͗̓̇͒̑̔͌̚͠r̶̢̤̤̎̀͒̆͌͌̈́̆̓̄́̋́͌ę̷͖͉̭̹͉̮͓̮̥͕̾̒a̵̻̱̿̔́̃̔̚͝s̷̢̡̰̩̰͙̪̙̣̟͕͙̈́̓̋̅͛̓̐͋̀̆͘͠ͅo̷̡̡̳̥̞͎̺̹̣̺̜̻̽͆̑̈́͐͜͜ǹ̶̛̪͔̝̊,̶͎͗͑́̕̕ ̵͖̅̑͆̀͒͘̚t̵͖̤͉̘͖̿͗͌̂̋̓̅̃͂̆͌͘͘͘͜h̷̛̖̞̙͕̀̂͒̓̋̅͋̋̎̾͐̕͝e̷̳̗̎̑̈́͂͗̆̌͗̃͌͝͠͝͝r̴̡̜̹̠̞͗̍̿̕͜ȩ̴̡͉̘̟̪͉̠̪̰̠͍̂͛̕'̸̗̘̯̖̹͆̾̾̅̉̽̚s̴̡̙͇̖̦̝̼̯̞͍̺̹̞̃͒̆̓͘ there's also a lot of corn.
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[ It's not like Steve even has an idea of what's going through and what isn't. Still, all he can do is keep trying. ]
W̸̢̢̞̙̘̜̳̖̩͎̘͈̫̟͌̒̇͜͜ͅę̶͚̻̖̟͈͍̮̫̫͖͓̦̰͚̱͐̊͐͋̏̀̄̒͂̐̋̆̑̕͘̚͝ ̵̧̧͕͙͇͉̱͇͙̳͉̹͉͈͎̇̾̂̇͝ͅm̵̢̧̧̟̼̜̮̼̺̰̖̟͚̘̱͔̔̂̃̊͑̎͐͗̈́̕̕͝i̷̛̞͍̟̲̹͖̬̮̫̽̌͐̇̀̋̏̀͘͝͝g̴͔̤̟͎̲̲̺͇͇̰͍̈́̒́́̊̆̾̚̕h̵̡͇̲̩̩̺̰̪̰͇̣̤͚͖̹̩̪́͌͗͒͗͝t̴͔̳̫̜̤̱̞̱̽̆͑ ̴̨͉̮̖̟̺̘̩̦̠̫̠͖̎̈́̒̓̍̈́̆̿̓͑̾̅͜͝ͅb̷̡̨̦̬̭̤̘̤͈̱͇̘̺̘͕͒̂̓̀͑̓͊͊͋̀̆̓̾̂͜͠é̷͙͓̦̗̌͛̋͊́́̽̉͘ ̷̧̝̪̹̱̳̺̘͔̀̎̐̕͜͝ͅb̸͙͖̭̖͎̤̄̀͛̏̆̂̑̐͋̿̓͑͐̕͝e̸̝͈͙̰̪̜̽͗̉͝t̴̥̂̇͆̓̊͑̈́̍̓̚͘̕t̵̨̛͔͔̰̫̯̲͚̥͙͖̟̰̑̈́͋͗̈́̏̆̄́͗̆̉͑̎ͅe̴̡̖͎̮̼̖̪͊̅̒̓̂̍̓͒̽͒͐͒̔̃̊͝r̷̫̟̓ ̴̛͇̩̹̔̿͊̑o̶̥͈̰̖̫͚͚̟͉̦̺̙̓̒̚͜f̴̢̡̫̤͈̺̝̺̗̱͈̱̳̣̪̥̄̎f̷̙̥̊͑̎̈́̓̽̏͋͒́͘͘̚ trying to talk î̶̡̨̢̛̠̗̝̜̜͉̞̙̃̈́̏̈̈́̌͊͘͠n̶̼̺̳̖͎͚̩͉̹̞͂͐̅̐͆ ̷̢̧̗̩͖̼̯͕̬̗̦̠͇͋̂͛̋̎͋̚͠ͅt̴̹̮̼͇͈̣͗̽́́̐͐̅h̷̡̧̛̳̮̳̬̹̙̙̹͈̺̙̝̤̲̋̈ͅȩ̷̛̛̭̠̮̱͙͙̈́̔͐̽̇̈́ Horizon.
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