xci.

Decryption dead end!

A thirty year old puzzle

begging to be solved.

xcii.

Breathe. Think. Together

A look back thrusts us forward:

toward connection.

xciii.

Cosima inflames

my thoughts with her spark.

"Two, not four." "Base pairs."

xciv.

the cypher dissolves.

AT, GC: binary!

We just won science!

xcv.

fleeting cognitive

synergy: endless aching

for Cosima's form.