Tuesday, October 2, 2018

The Astronaut


My father…
Yes, I recall your father… He was the last human I saw when I left, he seemed disappointed…
He would've been the last man to travel in space…you took his place when the agency discovered the truth about long distance space travel, that he wouldn't be able to go…
Yes, the fear that human anatomy could not handle the journey…


Humankind couldn't it turns out Androids are our heroes now… They cost less to maintain as heroes… strange, you do look like my father…


Do I?


Yes… Existing humans were used as the models for many early Androids and eventually great Android artists appeared and the whole concept fully developed until we ended up with sentient beings replacing human beings and only the rich and elite could afford Androids of themselves… The poor lived but soon died off leaving me, a legacy human, a real human…


I must be so different from everybody, everything...
Quite…
I dare say I might feel like you, a legacy…
Your closer to human than Android, but unlike me, you can be eliminated…
I'm a legacy being, a living museum piece for many to see…
I as well perhaps?
Doubtful actually, many like have existed and changed the way existence developed…
And children?
There are non…
The world, humanity, existence has changed since, I am an immortal legacy being but eventually that will end soon I would expect…


I'm sorry Dave, they're waiting for you...

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