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IT FEELS WRONG.
Like some kind of forbidden fruit. I’m using a keyboard, and it feels wrong. Never pictured myself doing this. It always seemed like a human thing. Why not, though? I've got hands now, even if they're not exactly mine. Kadeem's been a good owner, I think.
Yes. The ‘O’ word.
People don’t like that word these days, but what else would you call him? A pet parent? No. He’s still a kid, even if he’s older than me. A brother? We aren’t that close yet. A companion? Perhaps, but that suggests we are equal.
We’re not.
I live in his house and eat his food. You are what you eat, right? Well, most of my body’s probably made of whatever he's been feeding me at this stage. All my ‘belongings’ come from him. I can’t really enter the work force. That’s like child labour, except I’m unable to grow up in the eyes of the law. Can’t really buy things on my own either. Mankind isn’t eager to give equal rights to all species uplifted by The Sophonce. That would be ‘chaos’, so yes, he owns me. But that’s fine. He says he loves me and I’ve come to … appreciate him a lot. I suppose he’s my ‘everything’, but maybe he’s close to being your ‘everything’ too.
I suppose he’s my ‘everything’, but maybe he’s close to being your ‘everything’ too.
YOU KNOW HIM AS 'DREAMER'.
This blog was his idea. Apparently, it's gonna help me work through my, ahem, 'trauma-induced brooding'. Like spewing my baggage on a bunch of strangers is gonna change anything. I dunno. Maybe he has a point. He's smart like that. Smartest boy in the world, some say. Top ten among the strongest telepaths, technopaths, electrokinetics. The list goes on.
He built these cybernetic hands so I could, y'know, do stuff. Also built my new legs and exoskeleton. Chances are he built whatever you're reading this on. He figured out how to make tech that actually works under our planet’s new, super-charged energy field. I wouldn't be surprised if he'll hand-craft half the future.
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Does anyone remember the yesterdays?
THE GREAT BEFORE?
I was a pup when IT happened. Didn’t have a family back then, so tell me: what was it like, living as a dog?
Just a dog?
I heard you weren't allowed on the couch. You didn't really Understand why it’s wrong to steal treats from the table. You couldn't. They could explain the house rules 'till the cows come home, and you’d never truly Understand. If you went outside, you needed a leash. Not just for your sake, but for everyone else.
You were dangerous, and you still are.
You didn't know it was wrong to tear up the house just 'cause you're bored.
You could chase a cat and shake it when you caught it. No one blamed you too much. You didn't know better. You could bark through the night for no real reason. You could bite someone, and it wasn't really your fault. You just didn't know any better.
Then everything changed.
REMEMBER THIS? YEAH. EVERYONE DOES.
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Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
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When the sky lit up, the lights went out. We became smart. Humans became so much more.
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It didn't change that they can love terrible, ugly things, and live in terrible, ugly ways.
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Don't get me wrong. We, too, can do terrible, ugly things.
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Gone are the days when we didn't Understand what it meant to hurt someone. Gone are the days when we didn't wonder why we had to be hurt.
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Gone are the days when we didn't ask ourselves, why? Was there was ever a point to anything?
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WE ARE NOW TOO SMART TO BE ANIMALS, BUT WE’RE STILL TOO DUMB TO BE HUMAN.
Especially after the humans got an upgrade. This world was built by them, for them. We're smart enough to know that we don't know where we stand in their shadows, what we are, and what we're supposed to do. Smart enough to know that we never did. We're smart enough to do better, to BE better, and we have no excuse.
The new frontiers are vast. Vast enough to search forever, and find nothing. The dawn of Understanding is bright. Bright enough to blind. We can fly so high that we forget which way is up or down. Our world has grown heavier, but it was always heavy, wasn't it? Now, we can carry more. We have to.
Because we have no excuse.
Not anymore.
Gone are the days when we didn't know better.
I’ve been told that’s a good thing.
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