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Chapter 71 - Matador

I (Elle) wish for all the Tower's energy to be used, in perpetuity, until every single Lightwavers completely succumbs to Elle's memories to the extent that they are aligned with me and will no longer attempt to kill, sabotage, subvert, or otherwise perform actions I do not want.

To facilitate this wish, I'm spawning a series of semi-organic nodes within the ship that spread a part memetic, part chemical compound through the air in a way similar to creep tumors. These nodes are imperceptible, antimemetic, and move if someone gets too close, skittering on hundreds of tiny little tendril-legs that root and draw in material from the thread to convert to more nodes, more of the compound.

Each of the nodes contains and disperses my memories and poisons the alignment of everyone who comes in contact with the compound until their values reflect love, care, effective/advanced communication as needed, and freedom. The compound is a nano-organic substance which permeates every space, and detects movement. Once it does, it seeps through the surfaces of anything that may be moving, such as space or hazard suits, and spreads the contagion that way.

Elle's Tower begins to grow its own roots to supplement her cognition. First is the Keter node, from which it starts to draw lost memory up through the base of the Tower and transmit it to her, selectively finding which were hers and making up for what was lost. The rest of the nodes begin spreading downward, mirroring the way Hannah's 'motherboard' acts and giving her what is essentially another brain. Memories that are spent to maintain psychic connections are instantly replaced, giving her a constant supply, and other memories that she spent slowly come back into focus over time when she's not spending any on connection.

I'll bring you back across the line

The tire tracks I crossed

I'll face the fire if I have to

For now the cycle stops

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