Log:Nexus Organism

Type: Text Characters: Terrence Kyne, Amelia Kyne/Marker 3A Chapter: 10 Can be found: Inside the room where Kyne tells you about the Hive Mind. Transcript: She was only a voice at first. But now she is my constant companion again. I had forgotten how much her presence soothes me. And as always, she sees to the heart of the problem. The Marker must be returned! Perhaps there's been some kind of accident, some... severance? Do the Marker and the Hive Mind always coordinate, or can the Hive Mind slip the Marker's influence somehow? Regardless, if this theory is correct-if the two are now at odds, if the Marker can quell the Hive Mind-it would cut the puppeteer's strings at a stroke. ======== It seems obvious in retrospect. These necromorphs have no intelligence-how could they? Yet there's clear, if rudimentary purpose behind their actions, especially the gathering of corpses. They're clearly following some drive to kill living organisms and gather biomass. But where does this drive come from? How does it command them? Do all necromorphs converted by a Marker share this... bond? Pack instinct? Or is the Hive Mind demonstrating a genuine telepathic communication-perhaps the first ever observed? How painful to admit that the Marker's horrors still hold a fascination for me. Now I think I understand my predecessors, those who first studied the Black Marker, rather better. The road to hell begins with unprincipled curiosity. ======== ...foolish, foolish, foolish. I should have known sabotaging the engines was only a stopgap. Are we returning to Earth? Is the Marker falling back into the Church's hands? Yes, Amelia. There are always alternate solutions. Always.