in place. His cremation cavity swings open. Blue flames incinerate the speaker in seconds. Vacuum arms sweep up the ashes, and Donny metabolizes the speaker’s mineral compounds through a sensory production chute grown from stem cells and pig DNA. Donny squats, grunts and extrudes a new grey-green modular brick.

At the control terminal, Najat fumbles for a USB-Q port compatible with her identity stick. She finds a receptacle in the machine that fits, flips open her thumb, and plugs it in. Nausea overwhelms her.

The Trumprocessor inside Donny uploads his pleasure to the home server, linking with hundreds of copies that share his delight in relieving himself. The original body of His Really Big Greatness, preserved and integrated within the system, participates through a neuro-digital connection that stimulates his...

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