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    La Chanson de l'Observation
    La Chanson de l'Observation
    La Chanson de l'Observation
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    La Chanson de l'Observation

    By Bernard M. Cox

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    Node AR1x40 lives his life on Earth as human Javier Flores, observing and reporting on human behavior as part of The Commonality’s sociological study. When he meets Theo Zedek, a pastry chef and owner of the La Chanson Cafe, Node AR1x40 violates the main parameter of the experiment-he falls in love. And their love may ruin far more than his career.

    Told in the style of a scientific research paper, La Chanson de l’Observation was first published in Issue 8 of A cappella Zoo and was chosen by guest editor Gina Ochsner for Issue 10, The Best of A cappella Zoo: A Five Year Retrospective.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateMay 29, 2017
    ISBN9780988636750
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      La Chanson de l'Observation - Bernard M. Cox

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      Preface:

      With Theo asleep it was easier. With him asleep, he couldn’t ask why I came into his life only to leave. With him asleep, I could be selfless and not hold onto him.

      This, my twenty-eighth iteration, may be my last. Soon I would no longer be able to feel his arms around me, or the flitting of my heart when he calls out to me, or delight in his scent. Soon I’d be reduced to molecules, a new observer would take my place and it was possible that I would not even survive as a node — no longer sent on missions to observe, never a chance to see him again.

      With him asleep, I could leave this world and save him.

      Abstract:

      The phenomenon of entanglement, referred to by humans as love, caused a network failure for node AR1x40 and resulted in individuation of the node and, subsequently, in its break with The Commonality.

      I woke up and inside was quiet and clear. The internal, sometimes deafening, slow churning of the data stream — the calculating, compiling, tallying, and transmitting — ceased. I could hear things like the crinkling of the sheets under my head, the faraway sounds of birds in the park, the trolley coming to a stop at the corner, and the slow, measured breathing of Theo’s sleep. The world was different to the touch, so much sharper and full. I was the sole operator. I was the data stream.

      He woke and said to me, "Morning, Beautiful. You’re

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