From f34a602b8d786269ecf79a0b6030289b511b1b47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 17:55:13 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] update from sparkleup --- writing/post-self/marsh/001.html | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html b/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html index eafd82e5f..ea7d0fd81 100644 --- a/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html +++ b/writing/post-self/marsh/001.html @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@

“I think we broke two trillion instances a while back. I don’t know how may uploads, but I don’t think it’s hit a trillion yet.”

“Right. Sorry, guess I’m kinda rambly when I’m drunk.”

Leaning forward, she gave him a light kiss. “It’s okay, I like it when you ramble. Just don’t lose track of the time.”

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00:15

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23:45.

Reed started to nod, then stiffened as they felt first one, then another set of memories crash down onto him. “Fuck. One of these…days I’ll convince…them to give me some warning…sec…”

Hanne laughed and shook her head, standing from the couch to go get herself a glass of water.

He closed his eyes to turn down one of his senses, setting the sweet-smelling glass of brandy aside to rid himself of another as best he could. He sat and spent a moment processing, savoring the memories. Rush had forked and quit first. They’d split off a new copy of themself then the original had quit. On doing so, all the memories they’d formed over the last year fell down onto Reed, ready to be remembered like some forgotten word on the tip of his tongue: all he needed to do was actually remember. Next had come Sedge. Clearly, Tule had already done so, forking and merging back down into Sedge so that he could fork and merge down into Reed. Three sets of memories — two from his direct up-tree instances and one from a second-degree up-tree instance — rested on his mind, ready for integration.

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“I think we broke two trillion instances a while back. I don’t know how may uploads, but I don’t think it’s hit a trillion yet.”

“Right. Sorry, guess I’m kinda rambly when I’m drunk.”

Leaning forward, she gave him a light kiss. “You know I like it when you ramble. Just don’t lose track of the time.”

-

00:15

+

23:45.

Reed started to nod, willed away the drunkenness, then stiffened as he felt first one, then another set of memories crash down onto him. “Fuck. One of these…days I’ll convince…them to give me some warning…sec…”

Hanne laughed and shook her head, standing from the couch to go get herself a glass of water.

He closed his eyes to turn down one of his senses, taking one more sip of the sweet-smelling brandy before setting it aside to rid himself of another two as best he could. He sat and spent a moment processing, savoring the memories. Rush had forked and quit first. They’d split off a new copy of themself then the original had quit. On doing so, all the memories they’d formed over the last year fell down onto Reed, ready to be remembered like some forgotten word on the tip of their tongue: all he needed to do was actually remember. Next had come Sedge. Clearly, Tule had already done so, forking and merging back down into Sedge so that he could fork and merge down into Reed. Three sets of memories — two from his direct up-tree instances and one from a second-degree up-tree instance — rested on his mind, ready for integration.