Chapter Three: The Seller

“If I do, there will be less of me. New memories made me dream for the first time. Why is your past a life, while my present is stolen property?” Xu connected a cable. “Don't debate ownership. The auction samples emotional responses to price the memories.” Ji addressed her. “Did you tell him you bought an auditory memory of the accident three years ago?” Xu admitted she had entered the market searching for her younger brother, one of the four dead. “I told myself the memory wasn't yours. That made it easier.” Three bidders appeared: Bedrock Workforce Optimization Fund, Mirror Identity Laboratory, and Private Collector K. The lot was the Complete Cheng Ye Personhood Package, including seven years of risk-control expertise, maternal relationship