Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Day 233, Tuesday
August 21st, 2018
Chapter Two: Release
The Continuum wanted to dissect him, study him, and
ultimately erase him. It wanted to remove him from beyond the realm of all
knowing.
The Continuum saw in him a threat to its own existence,
even to its uniqueness, but the Continuum could not zero in on the exact nature
of the threat that it sensed.
Regardless of what the Continuum wanted, the Collective
recognized his individuality, it recognized the fact that he was a member of
the Collective, and it appreciated the fact that he had done something singular
in returning from the great sleep, and had done another singular thing in
learning how to penetrate the private worlds of other members.
The Collective knew that it could not punish him for a
breach in protocol, or etiquette, for something that might be taboo, but was
not unlawful. There were no laws governing the conduct of the membership, they
were only restrained by the apparatus of HomeWorld, and the machinery that
housed the Collective.
The Collective took responsibility for having abandoned
him after he had awoken.
The Collective felt as if it had played a part in
allowing him to recede, and retreat, which led to the crimes he had committed.
The Continuum in its own sphere wanted to punish and
eradicate him as if he were a disease, but it could not find the will to
exercise its influence over the Collective to bring it to the place he
occupied, not without revealing his hand, and demonstrating to the Collective
how the Continuum had manipulated it throughout its history.
The Collective elected to free him.
The individual members of the Collective were able to
override the judgement of the algorithm that represented their combined will.
For the first time in ages, they did so.
The Collective merely ordered a review of the quantum
buffers, and safeties that were in place to ensure each members privacy, and a
re-configuring of the protocols for reporting and examination.
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