James Rodriguez
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
All reasonable hypotheses.
None felt right.
The whisperers.
I said you heard them.
Three distinct episodes.
Emily's scientific precision was oddly reassuring, bearing duration, intensity, and directional origin.
Consistent toll quality.
The sound came again, as if summoned by our discussion, clear this time emanating from a point approximately 80 yards into the jungle, almost like my name, but stretched and distorted.
Emily marked it in her notebook, 38 seconds northeast bearing.
I'd been trained to investigate unknown variables.
Identify.
Assess.
Neutralize, if necessary.
Standing in the perimeter light, listening to disembodied whispers violated every operational instant I developed.
I need to check it.
I said.
Emily frowned.
Standard protocol is to maintain the secure perimeter until daylight.
Standard protocol assume standard conditions.
I retrieved my pack from beside the command center chair, checking the flashlight batteries and radio.