A little excerpt from "the book"
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A little excerpt from "the book"
Lucian walked along the long Avenue, looking at a New York City, that could’ve come out of a period movie. He touched his pocket, gently, a heavy, metal rectangular object rested there. A physical phone. With a feeling of wonder and amusement he drew it out and looked down at the flat dimensionless little screen. He hadn’t seen a physical phone since he was a child.
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A little excerpt from "the book"
Lucian walked along the long Avenue, looking at a New York City, that could’ve come out of a period movie. He touched his pocket, gently, a heavy, metal rectangular object rested there. A physical phone. With a feeling of wonder and amusement he drew it out and looked down at the flat dimensionless little screen. He hadn’t seen a physical phone since he was a child.
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There was something more real, more human about scrolling with your fingers. There was something more grounded about having to *find* someone’s name and then tap on it to link to them- no not "link" to “call” them.
Yes, that’s what they called it back in the old days: “phone calls”— and they had beginnings and endings. People said things like “hello” and “goodbye.” Truly, Lucian thought, it was a lost and better time.
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There was something more real, more human about scrolling with your fingers. There was something more grounded about having to *find* someone’s name and then tap on it to link to them- no not "link" to “call” them.
Yes, that’s what they called it back in the old days: “phone calls”— and they had beginnings and endings. People said things like “hello” and “goodbye.” Truly, Lucian thought, it was a lost and better time.
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@futurebird I don’t see a single ant in this.
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@futurebird I don’t see a single ant in this.
They are the reason Lucian had to enter the history simulation. Something is going terribly wrong in the past.
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@futurebird I don’t see a single ant in this.
Lucian might be a too obvious name for a mostly antagonistic charterer but I think sometimes on the nose names are good.
