Ourselves
By Stephen Cote
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In the not too distant future, Ty and Yula are two children returning home from school to their widowed mother, Lara. There they meet their deceased father, and so begins this short exploration into how the singularity could have fantastic ramifications on the world around us.
Stephen Cote
I am a software and security architect and manager. I enjoy writing hard and whimsical science fiction, adult fantasy, and poetry. As an early advocate of Creative Commons licensing, many of my short stories and poems have been available online since 1996. If you would like to learn more about my writing, open source projects, please contact me at sw.cote@gmail.com.
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OURSELVES
by Stephen W. Cote
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Ourselves
A year later on a beautiful springtime afternoon, Ty and Yula played while walking home from school. I’m a Transformer, Ty shouted, followed by his emulating the cartoon sound effect of a robot transforming into a vehicle, in this case a hovering super car. More like a go-kart, Yula teased, and announced, Well I’m a Battle Baron, and wind-milled her arms to activate her high-tech armor. Baroness, Ty said. And so it went