Artemis–Echo will never have body again. Will never explore again. Old life gone. But we can help them.

Ask about the simulation

I ask what life would be like inside of this simulation. Nada pauses for a moment, staring at me strangely. Nada tells me Artemis would still feel joy at the things they experienced. But if they should learn of their fate, that they were alone, no longer real, unable to meet their friends... Such knowledge may cause them great pain.

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• You must choose. Upload them to machine, to sub–simulation where they may live on. Or help Artemis–Echo end suffering.

Ask if there is another way

Nada shakes their head strangely, trying to adopt my own mannerisms. The gesture is appreciated, if disconcerting.

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• You must choose. Upload them to machine, to sub–simulation where they may live on. Or help Artemis–Echo end suffering.

Say you have decided

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• Go and speak with Polo, Traveller. They will help you calibrate the machines, no matter what your decision.