[ That can’t be true, but Simon feels his heart stop anyway. Even his conviction that it doesn’t make sense is more a mental rebuttal, facts hastily stacked together, than the confidence that it wants to be. That it would have been, had he heard something like this at a point in his existence when the idea of talking to people and then finding out they’re dead actually was inherently ridiculous. Now it’s just another way he has to cross-reference his own memories.
It would be unsettling anyway, just because A2 is so serious about it, and he’s staring at her averted face again, trying to read it. ]
No, she’s not. [ it’s said adamantly, but then he falters slightly, uneasy, ] Not the 2B I’m thinking of.
[ He knows there are others, physical clones, built off the same personality template, but there’s really never a time it’s pleasant to be reminded of that fact, and he doesn’t super like having to use it. Still one of the freakiest things Simon’s heard. ]
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[ That can’t be true, but Simon feels his heart stop anyway. Even his conviction that it doesn’t make sense is more a mental rebuttal, facts hastily stacked together, than the confidence that it wants to be. That it would have been, had he heard something like this at a point in his existence when the idea of talking to people and then finding out they’re dead actually was inherently ridiculous. Now it’s just another way he has to cross-reference his own memories.
It would be unsettling anyway, just because A2 is so serious about it, and he’s staring at her averted face again, trying to read it. ]
No, she’s not. [ it’s said adamantly, but then he falters slightly, uneasy, ] Not the 2B I’m thinking of.
[ He knows there are others, physical clones, built off the same personality template, but there’s really never a time it’s pleasant to be reminded of that fact, and he doesn’t super like having to use it. Still one of the freakiest things Simon’s heard. ]