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water was loud. It drowned out the sound of everything else, and pulled them in. before he knew it he was standing on the line dividing the dry sand from the wet sand.
“What are you waiting for?”
“I don't know.”
She walked forward, but he didn't follow her. Instead he looked out at the waves. They were moving past, pulling in rocks and sand. He found himself wondering whether or not they were dangerous. He decided it would be best to wait and see what happened when she went in. She looked back and just stared at him.
“You know,” she marched over to where he was standing, “you are the strangest man I have ever met.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” She grabbed his hand. “Now, come on.”
He looked out at the wave and tried to dig his feet in, but she wasn't going to let him.
“I will drag you.” She was dead serious. She wasn't going to give him a choice, so he decided to swallow his fear and let up. She broke out in a run and dragged him along with him. He was so scared he was shaking. It didn't make any sense at all. It was just water, but it was water filled with little creatures rolling around the dirt with a serious amount of momentum. He closed his eyes and tried to stave off the gruesome images rolling through them. He wasn't going to get hurt. Nothing was going to happen. He kept telling himself that until he opened his eyes and found the water surrounding him.
“Isn't it wonderful,” she whispered. Dhana had her hand around his waist, and was pulling him closer.
It was wonderful. At first the water moved over his ankles and massaged his feet, then it rose over his knees and up his thighs as he went deeper. He was losing himself in the swell, taking in every second of the sweet relaxation that was pulling him in.
She reached in and let her lips touch his, and the water turned to fire, moving over his shoulders, whipping against his face. His hands found her body, his fingers passed around the curve of her jaw and their eyes met.
“I shouldn't have done that,” he whispered.
“Who cares? Nobody is here to see.”
“I'm not allowed to. You don't understand. It's just not done. I-I'm sorry. I have to go.” He turned around and walked back up the beach, leaving her there.
Chapter 10: Artificial Genesis
The Regent System was created in the first century of the Celestial Era, when man deemed fit to mark the creation of a new society, separate from those of the early technologists who built rudimentary mass networks and the first thinking machines. The people built infrastructure so they could control their cities, their agriculture and their manufacturing, as well as a large network of personal bots that fulfilled everything from sexual desires to household duties.
At first, the system was designed to be managed by simple quantum computers that worked by allowing humans to give them commands in the form of algorithms so the device could react within the confines of their programming. As that infrastructure grew, the computers grew with them until they became for too complex for humans to program themselves.
Once the problem reached a critical point, a group of Technocrats, powerful tech giants whose companies ruled the early internet, got together and began to build a solution. They had been working on building artificial intelligence by gathering information from the internet and its users so they could teach their brain how to act, and give it the data necessary to do so.
They brought all of their data together and began a project known as the Regent System, an artificial brain that was built off of their existing codes. The Regent System's original purpose before it came online was to gather data. When it came online, that algorithm was still within its system. The people who built the brain wanted the system to continue collecting data so that it could better itself.
This ushered in an era of expansion and technological advancement so grand that the system stayed online for thousands
“What are you waiting for?”
“I don't know.”
She walked forward, but he didn't follow her. Instead he looked out at the waves. They were moving past, pulling in rocks and sand. He found himself wondering whether or not they were dangerous. He decided it would be best to wait and see what happened when she went in. She looked back and just stared at him.
“You know,” she marched over to where he was standing, “you are the strangest man I have ever met.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.” She grabbed his hand. “Now, come on.”
He looked out at the wave and tried to dig his feet in, but she wasn't going to let him.
“I will drag you.” She was dead serious. She wasn't going to give him a choice, so he decided to swallow his fear and let up. She broke out in a run and dragged him along with him. He was so scared he was shaking. It didn't make any sense at all. It was just water, but it was water filled with little creatures rolling around the dirt with a serious amount of momentum. He closed his eyes and tried to stave off the gruesome images rolling through them. He wasn't going to get hurt. Nothing was going to happen. He kept telling himself that until he opened his eyes and found the water surrounding him.
“Isn't it wonderful,” she whispered. Dhana had her hand around his waist, and was pulling him closer.
It was wonderful. At first the water moved over his ankles and massaged his feet, then it rose over his knees and up his thighs as he went deeper. He was losing himself in the swell, taking in every second of the sweet relaxation that was pulling him in.
She reached in and let her lips touch his, and the water turned to fire, moving over his shoulders, whipping against his face. His hands found her body, his fingers passed around the curve of her jaw and their eyes met.
“I shouldn't have done that,” he whispered.
“Who cares? Nobody is here to see.”
“I'm not allowed to. You don't understand. It's just not done. I-I'm sorry. I have to go.” He turned around and walked back up the beach, leaving her there.
Chapter 10: Artificial Genesis
The Regent System was created in the first century of the Celestial Era, when man deemed fit to mark the creation of a new society, separate from those of the early technologists who built rudimentary mass networks and the first thinking machines. The people built infrastructure so they could control their cities, their agriculture and their manufacturing, as well as a large network of personal bots that fulfilled everything from sexual desires to household duties.
At first, the system was designed to be managed by simple quantum computers that worked by allowing humans to give them commands in the form of algorithms so the device could react within the confines of their programming. As that infrastructure grew, the computers grew with them until they became for too complex for humans to program themselves.
Once the problem reached a critical point, a group of Technocrats, powerful tech giants whose companies ruled the early internet, got together and began to build a solution. They had been working on building artificial intelligence by gathering information from the internet and its users so they could teach their brain how to act, and give it the data necessary to do so.
They brought all of their data together and began a project known as the Regent System, an artificial brain that was built off of their existing codes. The Regent System's original purpose before it came online was to gather data. When it came online, that algorithm was still within its system. The people who built the brain wanted the system to continue collecting data so that it could better itself.
This ushered in an era of expansion and technological advancement so grand that the system stayed online for thousands
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