Divided: 2120 by Brian Savage

Author:Brian Savage [Savage, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Written Myself Inc.
Published: 2019-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

She could smell the eggs cooking, and could hear the low hum of an old-fashioned, electric toaster. Finding a book she was interested in, she plopped down on the couch and began to read.

After a few minutes, Jack emerged from the kitchen with two plates. Placing one down on the end table near where Aeralyn’s elbow rested, he took the other to the other end of the couch. He began eating. “What are you reading?” he asked between mouthfuls.

Aeralyn put the book down and picked up her plate. “1984 by George Orwell,” she said, taking a large bite. “One of my favorites.”

He nodded. “Why is it your favorite?”

“Because there is truth in it that people don’t believe in anymore.” She took another bite.

Jack thought about her statement as he ate. Both famished, they finished their sandwiches in silence.

“I think our society is exactly opposite of the one in the book,” he said, swallowing the last bit of his sandwich. “We have a society completely free. Free speech, free religion, free to do as you please—as long as you don’t hurt anyone.”

“Is it really free?” she asked, half a smile on her face, as if to say she was asking a question she already knew the answer to.

“Yes, yes, I believe it is.” He stood and took their plates to the kitchen, rinsing them in the sink before sliding them in a slot in the countertop. They slowly sunk into this slot, before sliding into a shelf beneath the counter, completely clean. He gingerly grabbed the edge of each plate, still hot from the sanitizing wash, and placed them back in the cabinets.

She had turned her body on the couch so she could watch him. She curled her legs up, leaning her knees against the arm of the couch. “You have an implant. A computer that is directly connected to your brain, and from there, directly connected to the internet.”

“So do you,” he said, wiping his hands on a dish towel.

She shook her head in what appeared to be a silent but negative answer to his statement before continuing. “What differentiates your thought, from the information you receive via the implant?”

“I would have to say the origination. One thing comes from the outside, and one is created in here.” He tapped the left side of his head as he made his way around the counter and back into the living room area of his apartment. He sat down at the opposite end of the couch and leaned into the corner, facing her.

“Right. You think. A process of creation from within. The implant, however, acts like a sixth sense of sorts. It receives stimuli from the internet, from the information it gathers, and it feeds you information—like your eyes or ears. Turn on a video feed or audio feed and it can completely take the place of those senses.”

He nodded.

“So, what if your implant has been slowly altering the other senses? Changing things, little by little, until what was once unreality became reality.

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