Johnny Winger and the Europa Quandary Page 45
***Perhaps your concerns relate to a fear that your essence, your unique identifying molecular patterns, will be lost…that you will cease to be you, but rather will be a small part of something much greater. I can cite many articles, papers and theses dealing with the psychology and neural substrates of these fears, if you would like***
“Doc, you just said something…my unique patterns…is it possible to be deconstructed and still somehow retain those patterns? Could I be a cloud of Bugs and still be me?”
Now it was Doc III’s turn to ponder. The comm channel was silent and Winger wondered if the connection had been lost. Maybe the Keeper had detected the link.
“Doc--?”