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"There," Smiling softly to myself "Everything you ever wanted, anything you wanted to be is at your fingertips." Figuratively at least, as I looked onto the screen. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. "A new life, a dream where you'll- we'll never awaken from." 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮. I take a deep breath, I wanted everything perfect, I wanted this to work, I wanted our paradise, our afterlife, our tomb to be perfect. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧, 𝙬𝙚'𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙡, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙧, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣. 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮, 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙚. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨. Can a computer contain souls? Can a soul become a workable code? I didn't know, but the doctors were sure you would never awake again, if I cannot get you to awaken, I'll dream with you. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁. I uploaded you first, as I set up in my capsule looking at your sleeping face, I closed my eyes hitting the button. Feeling the jerk of my heartbeat speed up, before it slows down, like the rest of my body shuts down, I join you. 𝗧𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀.