Tharsis has his scanners re-focused on the rift. "That thing's starting to give me the creeps..." he says. "I swear it's starting to change somehow, but I haven't put a scanner probe on it yet. How's the Commander doing?" "I don't think it's natural. That voice that said 'I think I've got it' just when the damn thing started making all hell break loose tells me it's not." Tharsis says. "Someone's behind it... and someone with power given the fact that it's so huge and everyone in the friggin' galaxy heard the voice at the same time."