Echoes of Another by Chandra Clarke

Echoes of Another by Chandra Clarke

Author:Chandra Clarke [Clarke, Chandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780973039580
Publisher: Fractal Moose Press
Published: 2020-04-06T16:00:00+00:00


MEIKE

Meike and Fa were in her bed. He was naked, lying on his stomach, his face half-pressed into the pillow. She had pulled on blue stretch pants and was sitting up, trying to read some papers.

Fa stretched and yawned. “What is that? You’ve been staring at it for an hour,” he mumbled.

“Something from work,” she replied. She was reading Kel’s draft presentation for the third time. She had worked out what the device did and sensed — dimly — it might be important, somehow. But she couldn’t see the point. Other people seemed boring to her. Meike didn’t think they’d be any more interesting on the inside than they were on the outside. Why would you want to record and replay people’s brain states?

Fa rolled over, throwing an arm over his eyes.

“What would you do if you could record an experience and then play it back again?” she asked him.

A smile spread across his face. “That’s easy, baby. I’d replay the day I met you. I wish I had thought to video it.”

Meike grimaced. He had to go soon. She hated it when they got this way; she had no idea what they wanted from her and no way to give it.

“No, I meant the actual feelings,” she said. “The exact thing you felt, physically and emotionally.”

“Whoa,” he said, sitting up on his elbows. His hair was a mess and his eyes were glassy and dilated. “That would be so blast. You could record the best sex you’d ever had. Just think of it! Getting your mind totally blown any time you wanted. Without having to work up any kind of sweat.” He rolled on to his side and stroked her leg, grinning at her. “I’d put all of our sessions on heavy rotation.” He flopped backward and sighed dramatically, still rubbing her. “That puts all kinds of questions into my head. You come up with the most profound stuff at the weirdest times.”

She batted his hand away, irritated with him. He laughed and went to the bathroom, probably to look for more poppers.

Meike tucked the papers back into the drawer of the night table beside her bed. What would be the point of experiencing the same sensation and over again? It would be boring. He might not be wrong though. Although she couldn’t recall of a single thing she had done that would be worth repeating once, much less several times, if Fa thought those would be good things to record, other people might as well. And they would pay good money for the privilege.

She contemplated using the device and opening a studio, like the mod shops across the flow. But the idea of having a constant stream of Fa-like people coming to her all day was unbearably tiresome. Might be best to sell the thing outright to someone who could see its potential.

She knew a few people who would appreciate a deal like that. Better still, they’d want to pay in a cryptocurrency to remain untraceable, just like her.



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