"Charles Stross - Generation Gap" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stross Charles)

approached hundredth percentile because of dome systems collapse. We used overkill
approach, brute force. A bit more finesse might have been a mitigating factor.
I see Jerzy sitting opposite me in this node, guilt rooted in his facial muscles like skin.
The others are in a different category; we seem to be viewed as netleaders.
I look at him, and he looks at me; I mouth, silently. "Judgement soon; want to bus?"
He inclines his head. I transmit pulse this time, and we lock together in total fusion. Sense of
completeness, love unnecessary. There's not much time. I think that the old are an alien
species; their state of mind is unknowable, their perspective – eternal.


(First published: Interzone 31, 1989)


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