Conversations With Planet

 is one of the fictional publications quoted in the game.

Is is authored by Lady Deirdre Skye.

Fragments
"You are orphans, earthdeirdre, your homeworld already buried so young among the aeons. Yet now you fill the skies where we watched a million sunsets with flame and contrails, paying no heed to the hard lessons the universe has tried to teach you. Are you a breath of life to invigorate a complacent world, you earthhumans, or an insidious cancer which must be excised?

[...]

''We welcome you, earthdeirdre and earthwheat and earthtree as

''honored guests, for you add great power to our ancient song--

''planetfungus and planetworm and planetmind sing and play

''here, and you are welcome among us."

[...]

''No longer mere earthbeings and planetbeings are we, but bright children of the stars! And together we shall dance in and out of ten billion years, celebrating the gift of consciousness until the stars themselves grow cold and weary, and our thoughts turn again to the beginning.

[...]

''You are the children of a dead planet, earthdeirdre, and this death we do not comprehend. We shall take you in, but may we ask this question--will we too catch the planetdeath disease?

[...]

''You waited so long to heed us, earthdeirdre,

''Almost we pruned you, as we may yet prune your branches.

[...]

''Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind.

''Have you drunk your fill?"