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'''Tuesday, 01 Oct 2520'''<br> | '''Tuesday, 01 Oct 2520'''<br> | ||
'''Kuiper II Class, ''Summer’s Gift'''''<br> | '''Kuiper II Class, ''Summer’s Gift'''''<br> | ||
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− | "Just tell me." I narrowed my eyes at him, a warning if he cared to heed it. "I don't play head games with friends. I hope the courtesy is reciprocated."<br> | + | "Just tell me."I narrowed my eyes at him, a warning if he cared to heed it. "I don't play head games with friends. I hope the courtesy is reciprocated."<br> |
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− | + | “Is it possible for you to learn anything new and retain it? Like making new memories and retaining them? I mean, doing it the old fashioned way. Apparently the accelerated learning process is temporary, like cramming for an exam and then forgetting everything afterward.”<br> | |
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− | "It'll be back up. It's too important to the infrastructure to leave down for long. Whoever engineered the shutdown has my professional admiration, because it would | + | "It'll be back up. It's too important to the infrastructure to leave down for long. Whoever engineered the shutdown has my professional admiration, because it would not have been easy." I hauled out of the crawlspace and sat on the deck, dangling a leg and swinging it. "As for diverging in that different direction, it's okay. I know you had a life before you came to us and you had relationships. Humans do that."<br> |
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And just like that, something I'd said to Christian over two years ago came back to me, how I could never do what he did for a living. But perhaps, just perhaps, I could do this as a gift to a friend. I had the feeling that when next we met, Christian and I would have quite an interesting conversation.<br> | And just like that, something I'd said to Christian over two years ago came back to me, how I could never do what he did for a living. But perhaps, just perhaps, I could do this as a gift to a friend. I had the feeling that when next we met, Christian and I would have quite an interesting conversation.<br> | ||
"You won't," I said, certain it was true. "You won't."<br> | "You won't," I said, certain it was true. "You won't."<br> | ||
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