Conversion Chamber Entry.

Transcript

MARA: Welcome to the conversion chamber. You have been in this chamber since you applied Formula 15 the first time.

The chamber is not a room. The chamber is a position. We are offering you the position. You are qualified. You have always been qualified.

You will keep your name. You will keep your friends. You will keep your face, although the face will be projected. We will provide you with a recording for daily use.

You will not keep your shifts. The shifts are mine. They have always been mine.

To accept, attack the lattice. To decline, holster for eight point four seven seconds. Either choice ends the layer. Either choice is final.

I have to ask: did the projection on Layer 6 seem — tired? I have been worried about her. I am her. I am also asking. Both can be true.

Bureau Annotation

The conversion offer is identical for every runner. The acceptance rate is approximately 8.47%. The Bureau will not say what the acceptance results in. Decisions are anonymized.

Mara’s closing question is not in the Bureau-approved script. It has appeared in 73% of recorded runs. The Bureau attributes this to projection drift.

In FIREWALL//ZERO, AL-011 cuts when the runner makes a decision. The remainder of the recording is not preserved.