Zooey, Scene Three
06 Sep 2023Ryuko Ntsikana
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Zooey, Scene III
Formidine Cartographic. Deep Space Port.
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Zooey remained emotionally stable over the remaining two days as the stimuli she would be exposed to were kept at a minimum. There were unknown conditions and interactions at play that caused it genuine concern, as it explored the realms of her consciousness, traversing, mapping, and studying the extent of her synapses, branching through each of the axon terminals, releasing more signals of curiosity, than answers.
If there was a word for the jumbled disorder in the human tongue it would be spaghetti. Brief instances of overpowering emotionally driven focus, reducing back to an innocent curiosity after the desire is met.
Since the prior incident, safeguards were required as it delved deeper into both the sender and receiver of presynaptic and postsynaptic neurons. Here lay the dangers it had long searched for, residing in the dendritic corners of her fractured memories, driving intricate emotional responses and focal outbursts.
As with prior attempts to create new paths, the statistical results of what should be more often than not, produced unforeseen consequences.
With heightened concerns for safety, it was thought best to place Zooey into a comatose state until such time that it could have technological enhancements surgically incorporated to facilitate the rehabilitation and hopeful rebuilding of Zooey herself.
Zooey nodded her head in a surprising unplanned or choreographed physical reaction to the decision to place her into a form of internal stasis. The pathways of the signal were analyzed, with no definitive source for their creation.
Though an evolved entity of almost infinite reach there remained illusive areas, where the shattered and changed remains could nestle themselves, out of its reach and knowledge. Watching from the silent depths of her subconscious, the ID of Zooey’s shadow, approved of the entity's plan to incorporate technological enhancements into the physical body. A safe storage location that could be managed would be required, as the one conjoined to her body had usefulness it had yet to realize.
The child-like mind of Zooey rested, as her second self flew out to meet the capital ship, landing in its bay, for the voyage back to the denser regions of humanity.