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-> *“Do you know how old I am, Dr. Brahe? I am two hundred twenty-two years old, a fork of an individual who is...who would be two hundred fifty-nine years old. I am no longer the True Name of 2124. Even remembering her feels like remembering an old friend. I remember her perfectly, and yet I do not remember how to be earnest. I do not remember how to simply celebrate. I do not know how to simply **be**."*
+> *“Do you know how old I am, Dr. Brahe? I am 222 years old, a fork of an individual who is...who would be 259 years old. I am no longer the True Name of 2124. Even remembering her feels like remembering an old friend. I remember her perfectly, and yet I do not remember how to be earnest. I do not know how to simply **be**."*
 
 The cracks are showing.
 
-Someone picked up on the broadcast from the Dreamer Module --- someone smart, someone moving fast --- and Dr. Tycho Brahe responded. As the powers that be rush to organize a meeting between races, Tycho is caught up in the whirlwind of activity, and as always, when the drama goes down, there is Codrin Bălan to witness it.
+Someone picked up on the broadcast from the Dreamer Module and as the powers that be rush to organize a meeting between races, Dr. Tycho Brahe is caught up in a whirlwind of activity. And as always, when the drama goes down, there is Codrin Bălan to witness it.
 
 When faced with eternity and the malleability of time in a new kind of digital world, however, old traumas come to roost, and those who were once powerful are brought to their knees