Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
Chapter Seven: Gift
Jim was an outlier, as a member of the Collective he stood alone in his
criticism of it, this is true, but it was not the case that there were no other
critics in the Collective. However, there were no other members who criticized
the function and purpose of the Collective itself.
Other critics were critics of process, they were critics of the
Continuum, they were critics of the structures that set limitations of their
freedom, but not of its existence.
Jim had never touched another member who desired to see the entire thing
go away. There were many critics who opted for the great sleep, seeking to be
sequestered, and who sought the dissolution of the self, but he had never
encountered another who wanted to end it all.
There were times that this caused him to doubt himself. He felt isolated
and alone, and not even a period of communion with his replicants could ease
that burden.
As the clock wound down and Jim realized that he had not found the
vessel for his rage, he began to experience a sense of fatalism and fear of
failure that he had long dreaded.
He questioned everything, he believed, everything he had thought and
done.
Then he discovered Kathy, and Jim looked on her as if she were a
gift from the universe itself, as if her arrival was a validation of his
purpose.
After her
testing was complete he knew Kathy would be able to serve as a conduit, a
remnant of humanity would survive. He told himself that he could save them all,
there would be time for the Empire to reach Earth before the planet tumbled
into its mother star. Through Kathy the Continuum would be dealt a crippling
blow, one that would allow Jim to push it over the edge into oblivion.
Kathy would
be the agent of salvation for countless billions of people. Her sacrifice was
demanded.
She had
arrived in the hour of his need. Kathy only needed to be prepared.
Jim was
ready to teach her.
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