The white spots on the dark side of the second planet resembled a lopsided snowman. Korven observed the view from the base situated at Tara's fourth Lagrangian point. He had also witnessed planets crossing the star's disk, vibrant auroras gracing Tara's sky, and much more.
He shuttled between this base and another floating on the surface of Tara's only ocean. There wasn't much for him to do, aside from observing. At times, the events around him seemed to unfold rapidly, while during other, more extended periods, he simply shut down.
The primary purpose of the ocean base was research, followed by the business interests of various people and entities. The base was shared by numerous minds and societies, reflecting the increased diversity in the wake of the intelligence explosion. Only a few enhanced humans inhabited the base, and Korven was among them.
Adjusting to this new situation proved challenging for him. It reminded him of a time before his enhancements when information wasn't readily available at a moment's thought. His uploaded cortex representation had been initialized after the explosion and stored on Tara. He had never wanted to be an imperfect copy of the original, but it happened as part of his contract with Hefaistos. Due to resource sharing, his consciousness sometimes lagged, making the events around him seem to happen very quickly. The base now had to accommodate a large number of awakened minds. Additionally, reports from other systems arrived only sporadically. Everything appeared like a movie to him, leaving him bored. Yet, his boredom was gradually transforming into a desire for revenge. He wouldn't let this situation end so easily.
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