The Next Phase

"Everything... I remember everything!" Ruth said, drowned in the myriad of thoughts that went through her.

This is quite the predicament... She remembers, but which?

As Ana... Or as ROOT?

An overwhelming silence filled the room, and a flustered expression remained on my face.

"Something must have gone wrong somewhere..." I muttered.

By merging the two Aspects, neither of them should exist anymore. Instead, it should cause an entirely new being to surface.

Yet... Why does she recognize me?

"Which are you?" I asked with narrowed eyes as I glared suspiciously at my new creation.

"I... I am... Both, I guess..." She said, looking unsure of her answer.

My eyes widened as the possibility of what she started began to unfold before me.

What if... Instead of the two consciousness being erased, they merged, creating an intelligence that shares both their memories and personality.