Mental Voice Messaging System
Crawler-to-crawler messaging Carl uses to reach Donut from inside the memory world at the decisive moment.
Story so far
With The Fuse override one mental push away, Carl reaches out through the messaging system: 'Donut, are you doing okay?' Donut replies in her customary capitals — 'WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? I MISS YOU.' — and Carl answers that he misses her too. The exchange works even though Carl is sitting inside The Memory Simulation at The Gas Station.
Those few lines are what tip the decision. His anger at the powers who did this is bright, he admits, but not bright enough. Before pressing Disconnect Containment he sends one last message: 'Donut, I'll be back soon.'
Appearance
Plain text exchanges tagged with each speaker's name, Donut's in all capitals.
Role
The channel through which Donut, without knowing it, talks Carl out of destroying everything.
Relationships
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
- Private mental messaging Carl and Donut use to coordinate a changeling hunt without breaking conversation.
- The mind-to-mind chat system Juice Box does possess, finally letting her and Carl speak freely.
- The crawlers' mental chat, used this chapter to talk over a war chant loud enough to shake the ground.
- Crawler-to-crawler messaging Carl uses to reach Donut from inside the memory world at the decisive moment.