-----ey, is----
[Okay, what was that even? A few seconds later:]
-----ia? Ar----
[Nope. This blipping in and out of unfinished words continues for several seconds, then stops as Alex takes a break to try to fix his communicator.]
--?oN ?olleH ?won klat em gnittel ti si - htiw gnorw si tahw ,ekas s'dog rof h-----
[Then, when all else fails, to thump it.]
----rap, you'd better not be broken, I need to use - oh, there's the light. Sure, now you bother to work. [A pause; it occurs to him that he should ask the network in general for advice. He stops talking to his hardware and raises his voice, sounding irritated.] Hey, is there a workshop or something for communicators? I think mine's on the blink.
So now that it's actually letting me broadcast: hey Sof-----
[...]
------otherfuc------
[Okay, what was that even? A few seconds later:]
-----ia? Ar----
[Nope. This blipping in and out of unfinished words continues for several seconds, then stops as Alex takes a break to try to fix his communicator.]
--?oN ?olleH ?won klat em gnittel ti si - htiw gnorw si tahw ,ekas s'dog rof h-----
[Then, when all else fails, to thump it.]
----rap, you'd better not be broken, I need to use - oh, there's the light. Sure, now you bother to work. [A pause; it occurs to him that he should ask the network in general for advice. He stops talking to his hardware and raises his voice, sounding irritated.] Hey, is there a workshop or something for communicators? I think mine's on the blink.
So now that it's actually letting me broadcast: hey Sof-----
[...]
------otherfuc------