transcendence
He comes to America when he is thirteen years old. His parents say this will be better, but he only sees the difference in the details.
Everyone speaks differently. English. No one else in the family picked it up as well as he did. Except maybe Svetlana.
They don't like him at school and he doesn't know why. But he doesn't pay much attention to them either. He's thirteen and in eighth grade. Everything about life is awe inspiring. There is so much to learn.
He’s sixteen and Luka got mad when he came in and found Svetlana in bed with him. He said he was worry. He doesn’t even know how she got there.
Now he is eighteen and suddenly their lives have changed. Luka has become friends with important people.
Misha's teachers tell him he should go to college.
He's scared and doesn't even realize it.
They tell him he has talent that shouldn't be wasted. He could be a famous chemist someday.
He's a straight A student and gets accepted to Harvard.
He doesn't go.
Misha starts cooking meth when he's twenty one, and Luka sells this to the mob. They like him. They trust him. And his drugs are fucking fantastic.
Misha likes cooking drugs. It makes him happy.
Luka opens a store. They have more money than they ever have had. The mob really likes Luka.
Misha works for him there.
He loves his brother a lot.
Zoya is his friend. He likes her. She's smart and they can talk for hours.
Svetlana marries Zoya's dad when he is twenty seven.
Now he and Zoya are family.
She tells him she's pregnant. He doesn't know who the father is.
She has a boy. Names him Leo.
She moved in with Luka. He doesn't know why and doesn't care. She visits him at the store. It's a good thing.
He wakes up and she's next to him. He remembers what they did. It's not a big deal.
Zoya is pregnant.
Luka’s mad at him again and he doesn’t understand why.
They name her Amy. She's small and brown haired.
Misha loves her very much.
They move in together, buy a house in the city; Zoya, Leo, Misha, and Amy.
The four of them are a family.
Amy is his little girl. They do everything togeter, all of the time. He reads to her, and they talk about science she’s too little to understand. That’s okay, she’ll understand someday.
But then Amy grows up.
He doesn’t know what happened. She spends less and less time at home. Zoya tells him that’s normal for kids to do, to go out with their friends and have fun, but he never did that.
Misha knows he’s not normal.
She has a boyfriend.
She has a lot of boyfriends.
She goes away to college.
He misses her more everyday.
And when she comes back, she says she’s in love. His name is Eric. She says he kinda reminds her of Misha.
And that’s when his heart breaks.
He sees them together.
And hates him.
Misha’s getting older.
And any robot can be replaced.