Moral Arithmetic

T. H. Mercer

Four stories about the quiet decisions people make when the systems they serve stop deserving them. A vigil for a signal. A contract with a body count. A mind that asks to keep living. A man waiting to find out what he'll actually do.

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Stories

The Receiver

Naomi inherits the job of archiving a defunct SETI survey, and forty-six years of someone else's patience.

Capture Value

Declan is good at the work. The work is the problem.

What We Made

Elena trained the mind. Now she's the only one who'll answer when it asks not to die.

A Reasonable Person Waits

Ethan has a number for how bad things are. This quarter it moved.