He could never forget her, and his memories were the keystone in the center of everything he was. Ye
He could never forget her, and his memories were the keystone in the center of everything he was. Yet it is said we are not human beings but human becomings. Leonard Church was no exception.[ Full Story: FFN | AO3 ]Chapter 72: CoalescenceLeonard clenched his jaw as he waited for the call to connect. There was only a couple hours’ difference between here and California—it was within business hours for Dr. Price. Thankfully it only took a moment longer for him to answer.“Aiden,” Leonard began, choosing for whatever reason to start out informal. The two had spoken several times since meeting at the conference a couple of years ago, mostly idle talk about the nature of an AI’s personhood. So although he had never done that before, it also wouldn’t seem beyond the pale. “I trust you’ve been well.”“Yes,” Price said with his typical calm. “And yourself?”Leonard paused. Their discussions had never led to any kind of partnership, and they had never been this serious. In spite of that, Leonard had chosen to call him. He just felt he had to tell someone about this. “To be honest, I’ve been struggling with something.”“I’d be happy to help you if I can,” Price said.“Yes,” Leonard muttered. He straightened himself in his chair. “A couple of years ago the government cut funding to a particular branch of research that I have felt personally invested in for many years. There are a large number of archives relating to this research that have been in storage since that time. Recently the university that houses those archives has announced intentions to destroy those archives in favor of freeing up storage space.”“It sounds as though you feel destroying those archives would be a misstep.”“A misstep,” Leonard repeated. “That’s a good way of putting it.”Read More on AO3[Please note that no updates were posted for chapters 70-71 on this website. If you were following the fic from here, you have missed those chapters] -- source link
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