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Codrin Bălan#Pollux<br />
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Systime (relative to Pollux LV): 200+22 1014</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin Bălan#Pollux:</strong> Before we get into the heavy stuff, how are you feeling?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled#Pollux:</strong> [laughter] You are going to have to be more specific, dear. Do you mean my general disposition?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled#Pollux:</strong> [laughter] You are going to have to be more specific, my dear. Do you mean my general disposition?</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Yes. I just want to see how you’re feeling before all these discussions, then afterwards, I’ll ask the same thing and we can see how the topic influences you.</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> Clever, clever. Well, I am feeling fine. It has been a good day, and it was a good night last night. For the record, I hosted a get-together of those interested in instance-art, so it was bound to tickle my fancy.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Good. Have you noticed any difference in that realm of late?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> A few, though they are less easily put to words. If you remember the Qoheleth business, there is some aspect of that involved. I been unable to forget what he said, and beyond the very literal sense that it was couched in. If we are doomed to forever remember everything, then the only way — or perhaps one of the only ways — to relegate something completely to memory is through inaccessibility. If I– if all instances of Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled were to quit, then there would be no more objective instance of myself for others to remember.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> I would prefer that you not.</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> [laughs] I have no plans on it. If exploring this strange mystery were a project, then I would not be served by not being around to complete it. The launch gives me a chance to do that very thing.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Perhaps you could say that you would go from being someone who is remembered to someone who is missed? Does that sound like a fair assessment.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Perhaps you could say that you would go from being someone who is remembered to someone who is missed? Does that sound like a fair assessment?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> [excited] Yes. Yes! That is it precisely. If we are doomed to forever remember everything, than the closest we can get to being forgotten is to turn memory into longing.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> You mentioned a few more reasons. Do you have others?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> Even less easily put to words. I like the idea of relativity. The faster we go, the more our perception of time will drift. I like the idea of the ever-increasing transmission times. Already, we are losing seconds and minutes to distance. I am interested to see what will happen to the population of a system that will no longer be receiving new uploads. Will we relax the taboos on finding ways to merge separate personalities into children? That would mean that we would be even closer to a new species, as the tired rationalizations go. Would the taboo of incest remain, and we will continue to frown on generating new minds from in-clade personalities? There are many questions to ask during this journey.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Of course. I’ll honor that as best I’m able, and if I’m not able to, we can pass on that reason.</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> Thank you, dear. You may transfer this interview in its entirety, but you and Ioan may not use the second reason in your histories. May Then My Name Die With Me may use it in her mythology, as long as it is not associated with my name or clade.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Certainly. I can honor that. Would you like me to get confirmation from Ioan?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> [laughter] You are not so different from em yet. I trust that if you agree that ey will as well. Though Ioan, when you read this, please imagine a sly smirk of quippy saying or well-placed ‘fuck’ when I see your face fall at the request that your history be incomplete.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> [laughter] Even I am feeling incredibly seen right now.</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> [laughter] You are not so different from em yet. I trust that if you agree that ey will as well. Though Ioan, when you read this, please imagine a sly smirk or quippy saying or well-placed ‘fuck’ when I see your face fall at the request that your history be incomplete.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> [laughter] Even I’m feeling disappointed now.</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> You historians, tsk. Anyhow, the first, less personal reason is this: I mentioned that it would be interesting to explore what it means to be missed as an analog to forgetting. I want someone to miss me.</p>
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<p><strong>Codrin:</strong> Do you worry that you won’t be missed, on some level?</p>
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<p><strong>Dear:</strong> [long pause] I am not comfortable answering that question.</p>
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<p><strong>Transcript ends</strong></p>
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