Gemination New Catalogue 2020.7z.004 -

Elias looked at the door. From the hallway, he heard the heavy, rhythmic thud of something that didn't walk on two legs—something that sounded exactly like the pulsing gemstone he had just seen on his screen. The "New Catalogue" wasn't a book of things to buy; it was a menu of what they were coming to build.

His monitor didn't show a room. It showed a mirror. Using his webcam, the software mapped his own face, but it began to geminate . On the screen, a second version of his eye began to bud from his tear duct—a perfect, crystalline replica. Then came the "Catalogue" descriptions, scrolling in a cold, elegant font: Gemination New Catalogue 2020.7z.004

Why see the world once when you can witness the refraction? Biological doubling via mineral graft. Permanent. Painless. Radiant. Elias looked at the door