Niv Ewb Review

A synthesized voice answered: "Pattern matches no known human or alien linguistic database. However, it appears to be an abbreviation."

It was a prisoner.

It wasn't a glitch.

Its mouth opened, and the words came not from the room, but directly into Aris's skull.

Aris realized with horror: NIV EWB was a cry for help. An alien, trapped for centuries in a human-built station, had learned just enough of their data language to spell out its needs phonetically. niv ewb

Until tonight.

Then, softer: "Need. I. Voice. Extract. Water. Breathe." A synthesized voice answered: "Pattern matches no known

"Unknown. But the signal is originating from within the station."