Harkwin Adul was a man who lived on a planet called Raffe. The people called themselves Raffen, and they were quite similar to Humans, from Earth. Raffe revolved around a star that his people called Moltus, because it represents the historical role that metal played in their history. Like most of his fellow Raffen, Harkwin wore a suit of metal, for personal protection. It was part of their culture, and their technology had advanced enough to make it so.
There was a commensurate advancement in cybernetics, and artificial intelligence. Raffen society was dealing with the question of "should AI lead Raffen, or should Raffen control the functions of AI?" There were many nations on planet Raffe, so this question/challenge didn't have one answer. One thing that was learned was that AI, when integrated with biological brains, could remove and replace memories at will. Raffens from other nations fought against this, creating programs to thwart AI domination.
Harkwin Adul was seemingly on the sidelines of this techno-war, until he started having vivid dreams. At first, he thought he was infected by some new variant of AI from the Huwan lab, that was being played up in his national media. Days after testing negative for nanovirus infection, he found out what was happening to him. He had acquired a psychic link with Moltus, and Moltus had a message...
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