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[[A man sits on a medical examination table. He's wearing a headset with lot of wires attached to it, which lead to a complicated-looking device. A woman's operating the device.]]
Woman: Neural-digital link established. Ready to upload your consciousness to the computer?
Man: Sure, go for it.
[[She presses a button. The wires light up; the man looks shocked.]]
<<Bzzzzzzt>>
[[There's no more sparks; the woman taps on the computer's keyboard.]]
Woman: ... hmm.
Man: What?
Woman: It's not responding - the whole system is frozen. I think the transfer failed.
Man: No, that sounds right.
{{Title text: I just spent 20 minutes deciding whether to start an email with 'Hi' or 'Hey', so I think it transferred correctly.}}
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