For over two centuries, Anna Kerroway has refused to upload her consciousness to the Matrioshka Brain. But now that the Earth is about to be destroyed, it seems that she has to... or does she? A short story by Xauri'EL Zwaan.

Xauri'EL Zwaan is a Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer and a mendicant artist in search of meaning, fame and fortune, or pie (where available). Ze has published short fiction, among other places, in Galaxy's Edge, Transform the World, Saskatchewan Screams, and We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022. Ze lives and writes in a little hobbit hole in Saskatoon, Canada on Treaty 6 territory with zir life partner and two very lazy cats.