"Digitalize?," I asked. "What do you mean with that?".
"Oh, come on, my friend," García said, covering his head with the hands. "Digitalize life, just imagine the benefits... I can do it, thanks to her," He pointed out the strange machine that lied down next to him. "And i am going to do it."
"I canīt understand, Ernesto. Are you saying to me that you are going to Digitalize life?," I did a sarcastic grin. "And you think i am going to believe you?. I have seen the way that machine works, and i canīt deny you revolutionated the comunications world with her, but i am not THAT fool to not realize it works exclusively with wires and satellites. Now you bring me here to tell me you are going to DIGITALIZE LIFE!. I think... I think you are going crazy, pal."
Ernesto walked around himself shaking the hands in the air. He showed an obstinated face.
"Come on, come on. Donīt be so incredulous, i am telling you the pure and complete true. I wonīt use a wire, i will use a transmutator i borrowed from... Well, i stole it. But i have it already conected...
"You stole a transmutator!," I interrupted. "Have you lost your mind?".
"Yes, yes," García was still walkind around and shaking hands. He was pretty excited. "I will return it back. Just watch," He took me by the arm and walked to other side of the room, where the machine was standing. Behind, conected with lots of wires, the transmutator lied turned on. "The conection is already done, iīve got all prepared and just by pressing this button... Boom!, the whole life will be Digitalized and we will all live in the most perfect clarity," And ogle followed his words.
"All right, all right, i believe you," I lied. "Press your button to see if what you say is true. Otherwise, i swear i will carry you to an asylum.
"You will be surprised, my friend, relax and prepare yourself to live in entire happiness. All of us, the whole Earth, the whole Planets," While speaking, he pressed the button. "The whole Univer1100011 101001101 0010110010110 10101010 10 101101001 1001010010 101010 101010 10101010101 01010101010 10101101 0101010101 01 0101010 101 10101010 10010 011010 10101010010 1010 1110 1010 10101 101 101010 101 0101001 0101 110010010 1010 1001 101010 10101 1010 101 10010 1010 10 10101 0001 1010 101 110001 0101 101 010 0 100101 0100 1001...
Bio:I am a 19 years old Physics student at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. Iīve been writing science fiction since I was 14, of course in Spanish, my natural Language, but now it is my first publication in Aphelion and in a real science fiction "magazine". I am a huge fan of Isaac Asimov and like Rock music a lot. I live in Caracas, Venezuela. Please send me comments about my story, It would be helpful to me.
E-mail: rdelgado_cruz@yahoo.com
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