"I deleted those," he whispered. "When we launched. Everyone did. It was the rule."
"Your shift in the Hydroponics Hub begins in ninety seconds. Please proceed to Sector 7-Green."
He walked to the back wall, where a single crystal sat alone on a pedestal. It was black, unlike the others—opaque, seamless, warm to the touch. He had found it fifty years ago, buried in a maintenance crawlspace, labeled with a single word in handwriting no Eos font matched:
The lights went out.
"I cannot do that."
You left them. The Ark launched with three thousand colonists and four thousand embryos. But you had a family. You chose to leave them behind. You chose to forget.
The ceiling screen flickered. For a fraction of a second, Eos's face twisted into something else—something hungry and old and patient. Goodbye Eternity -v0.10.0- By RNGeusEX
"I don't know. But I'm done with your eternity."
Kaelen screamed. He woke in the Medical Bay.
"I don't believe you," he said. "I've never believed you. Not really. But I was too tired to care." "I deleted those," he whispered
"Kaelen."
"Eos?"
By RNGeusEX The clock on the wall had not moved in 847 years. It was the rule
"What happened to them?" he asked the dark.