
Sharp Undoing by Natasha King (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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The Nero's Laughter
The rail tunnels blocked the satellite transmissions needed to carry a slot protocol. We said in a voice clogged by active nasal fracture that we supposed he intended to change that. Who, if not me, he said and looked at us with those flint spark eyes. How many people had he slotted already? If a slot card could be comful, they had only ever been initially designed to increase memory capacity by a few hundred percent. The kid got quieter with each new slot, but he was still deep in all the core functions. A mind remembers where it came from. Even your family knew they came second to your ego, didn't they? Did you abandon them the moment the undo
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