Culture — Beyond

"But if everything is software, nothing is sacred," Kael countered.

"I’m trying to find the 'authentic' part," Kael said, gesturing to the city outside. "Everything feels like a remix of a remix." Beyond Culture

Sora leaned in, her kimono flickering to a deep, solemn crimson. "Is the kindness I feel for you less real because I wasn't 'raised' with a specific tradition to define it? We are the first generation that gets to be human without the script. That’s not a loss, Kael. It’s an evolution." "But if everything is software, nothing is sacred,"

Kael looked up. Sora sat across from him, her eyes glowing with the soft blue of an active neural link. She was wearing a traditional kimono, but it was woven from fiber-optics that changed patterns based on the local stock market. "Is the kindness I feel for you less