Project: Code Intervention
Vic realizes that his technology lets open codes of any object - including living sticks. He makes a clone of himself, and opens both codes. He starts a new project with a goal to be able to change aspects of sticks: delete the code of their lethal disease, erase harmful personality traits, give them better health, etc. One day, Vic erases all the code of his clone and only leaves the one that makes it function, then saves. The stick is confused, and as new code is created in front of Vic's eyes, the latter realizes he's just created life. He sees the photo of Mitsi and him. Vic briefly pauses, then slowly types in Mitsi's name in the newborn's code. Before he applies the changes, Vic suddenly remembers Alan, and realizes he's doing the same thing - experimenting on a stick. Vic doesn't save, deletes the clone alltogether and shuts everything down. He takes the files on the project and writes "cancelled" on the front page.