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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter 16:
The Sky’s Demand
The pressure on Henry’s mind intensified. The
Regulator was not interested in morality; it was
calculating safety tolerances.
THE REGULATOR:
DIAGNOSIS: Host species possesses the Divine
Spark (Unregulated Free Will). EVIDENCE: Species
utilized Truth to select self-destruction. The Spark is a
defective variable. JUDGMENT: Immediate Extraction.
I will downgrade your species to Level 1 Sentience.
You will be safe. You will never lie again, because you
will lose the capacity to imagine anything other than
what is. SURRENDER THE SPARK.
"No!" Henry roared at the glass terminal, his voice
cracking. "You want to save the planet? Fine. But if you
take the Spark, you destroy the experiment! You leave
nothing but ghosts!"
THE REGULATOR:
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