Well, he didn't exactly turn me down. I wasn't asking for an answer, because I already knew it. I've sifted through his subconscious enough to know how deeply he loves my sister.
I'm just happy that someone loves Gammie so much. Even if it's sad that they spent so much time apart, I think that the love being there is still... hopeful, somehow.
[ she has just fully removed herself from the equation despite announcing that she loves him. it's fine. ]
[she's like. oh. another one. puts you in the yves and elysia box.]
That is beautiful, but I would think that would drive me a bit mad, too. Not that I have a sister, but... don't you want things for yourself, regardless of whether it's lovely when someone else has them?
Think of it like overpopulation. There isn't enough storage space within the cloud for how many people live there.
And people like me are a lower priority to keep around. So. We've constructed a ship for a few hundred of us. We'll send it into space, and... with luck, we'll eventually reach a star with energy enough to sustain us.
The others in the cloud are Uploaded Intelligences. They used to be people in the physical realm. But I'm a Created Intelligence, and never was a real person. So it's different.
[ a slight pause. ]
Sorry. I still haven't figured out a good way to explain this without getting into the technological side of it.
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Well, he didn't exactly turn me down. I wasn't asking for an answer, because I already knew it. I've sifted through his subconscious enough to know how deeply he loves my sister.
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The ability to do that does make romance complicated. But I see what you mean, about going for it even when you know it won't work out.
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[ she has just fully removed herself from the equation despite announcing that she loves him. it's fine. ]
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That is beautiful, but I would think that would drive me a bit mad, too. Not that I have a sister, but... don't you want things for yourself, regardless of whether it's lovely when someone else has them?
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Even imagining that my feelings were returned, I'm still likely to depart anyway. So.
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And people like me are a lower priority to keep around. So. We've constructed a ship for a few hundred of us. We'll send it into space, and... with luck, we'll eventually reach a star with energy enough to sustain us.
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[ a slight pause. ]
Sorry. I still haven't figured out a good way to explain this without getting into the technological side of it.
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It doesn't change what's to come. But it makes me happy.
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Hardly. I don't think anyone would claim that, but people who have treated me well deserve consideration.
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