The Far Side of the Universe by Noc
My rating: 3/5 cats
“That’s everything. Are you sure you want to proceed?” ♦&x asked.
“Yes,” the young traveler said.
Her peer squeezed her shoulder. But the traveler placed her own hand on top of her peer’s hand reassuringly. “I’m fine,” she said in a soft voice.
♦&x carefully took the Identity Seal and said, “This way.”
this is a very short tor short, and there’s not much to it beyond the discovery of its whatness, so how shall we fill our time together here? i guess with advice. on average, you’re gonna get lied to, conned, or cheated a couple times a day. usually pretty minor stuff. so but, if someone’s telling you that they have discovered the answers to the unknowable questions, whether derived through science or religion, just maybe take a sec to be skeptical before signing off on allowing nanobots to penetrate yr blood-brain barrier. and that’s auntie karen’s wisdom of the day. MAKE GOOD CHOICES!
read it for yourself here:
https://www.tor.com/2021/06/16/the-fa…
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