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https:\/\/objkt.com\/asset\/hicetnunc\/661481<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Life-Suit<\/p>

First I heard the heavy metallic steps, nothing uncommon on the station, while it got closer I started to hear the mechanical breathing, I was hooked, I had to see who it was.<\/p>

I was walking out of the room behind de studio when I saw her and froze, as she froze when she saw me. I hadn\u2019t seen my people’s technology in a very long time, and it wasn\u2019t any technology, it was a forbidden one, the doom of my kind.<\/p>

She noted the mist on my eyes as I was calculating my way to escape and said \u201cThere is no need for that\u201d. She walked through the threshold and into the studio. \u201cI need a photogrammetry of my life-suit.\u201d She waited in silence a couple of seconds as I was getting off of my stupor. Finally, I went behind the counter and ask her why.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cHave you heard what happened to the Halbar?\u201d I nodded, still unable to get out of my defense mode. \u201cThe Conservationist took an interest on them now that they are extinct, well, almost extinct, they found one\u2026\u201d she inhaled, long and heavily, \u201ca part of one at least, and they are hoping to keep him alive replicating the technology that is keeping me alive. I\u2019ve told her that it was impossible, that the procedure wouldn\u2019t work without one of you\u2019re kind.\u201d She stood there for a moment, watching me.<\/p>

\u201cI believed that all of you had been captured, kill, and dismantled, but here you are\u201d. She smiled, or at least I think she did, her mouth was hidden behind the breathing auxiliary mask, but the corner of her eyes crinkled. Then, her expression went dark suddenly, caught on memory, she inhale heavily again, and started talking in a solemn tone \u201cI owe my life to your kind. After the accident, when He found me, I was a piece of meat waiting for decay, but He choose to bring me back at expense of his own safety. This is no easy life, it hurts and grows heavier with each breath, but he gave me the time to learn, to understand, to bring meaning to everything.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cYou got it wrong,\u201d I said. \u201cWhen he found you, you weren\u2019t dead, your \u00d1e\u2019\u00e9 was alive, willing and strong\u201d. \u201c\u00d1e\u2019\u00ea?\u201d she asked, confused. \u201cLet’s call it spirit or will if those concepts are easier for you. We cannot give life, we take a part of us to create a vehicle for the expression of the spirit. This make them nervous because they didn\u2019t understand it or saw its limits, so they forbade it. But we only open a path, the rest depends on you. You being alive depends entirely on you. The part of you that makes you who you are. We just found a way to channel it.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019ve been using this gift for good things, to help, to bring peace. Is important for me that you know this,\u201d she said, like looking for atonement. \u201cI\u2019m not the one to judge this, who you want to explain and justify you have to look for in a mirror, the other one is long gone.\u201d She stood there, the sound of her mechanical breathing invading the silence.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cSo, a Halbar?\u201d I asked. She nodded. \u201cIs it a vessel or an oracle?\u201d I enquired. \u201cA vessel,\u201d she answered. I was troubled, I couldn\u2019t stop thinking that if I did this, and anyone saw him, they would know that we were still alive and that I was close, but if I didn\u2019t, an entire civilization would be lost. Just the idea that an entire race relied on oral tradition for the perpetuation of its traditions and history is enough to earn my curiosity. Curiosity, the biggest strength and weakness of my kind. I couldn\u2019t help my nature. \u00a0<\/p>

I pointed at the bench and ask her to sit so I could take her picture. She doubt it and pointed out that what I was holding wasn\u2019t the camera needed for photogrammetry. \u201cThis picture is for me if you don\u2019t mind, and we won\u2019t be needing the other ones. It’s about time for me to get out of the station, I haven’t taken a trip for a very long time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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El Traje de Vida<\/p>

Primero escuch\u00e9 los pesados \u200b\u200bpasos met\u00e1licos, nada fuera de lo com\u00fan en la estaci\u00f3n, mientras se acercaba comenc\u00e9 a escuchar la respiraci\u00f3n mec\u00e1nica, me enganch\u00e9, ten\u00eda que ver qui\u00e9n era.<\/p>

Estaba saliendo de la habitaci\u00f3n detr\u00e1s del estudio cuando la vi y me congel\u00e9, como ella se congel\u00f3 cuando me vio. No hab\u00eda visto la tecnolog\u00eda de mi pueblo en mucho tiempo, y no era cualquier tecnolog\u00eda, era una tecnolog\u00eda prohibida, la perdici\u00f3n de mi especie.<\/p>

Ella not\u00f3 la neblina en mis ojos mientras calculaba mi forma de escapar y dijo: “No hay necesidad de eso”. Atraves\u00f3 el umbral y entr\u00f3 en el estudio. Necesito una fotogrametr\u00eda de mi traje-de-vida. Esper\u00f3 en silencio un par de segundos mientras yo sal\u00eda de mi estupor. Finalmente, fui detr\u00e1s del mostrador y le pregunt\u00e9 por qu\u00e9.<\/p>

“\u00bfHas o\u00eddo lo que pas\u00f3 con el Halbar?” Asent\u00ed, todav\u00eda incapaz de salir de mi modo de defensa. \u201cLa Conservacionista se interes\u00f3 en ellos ahora que est\u00e1n extintos, bueno, casi extintos, encontraron uno\u2026\u201d inhal\u00f3 larga y pesadamente, \u201cal menos una parte de uno, y esperan mantenerlo con vida replicando la tecnolog\u00eda que me mantiene viva. Le dije que era imposible, que el procedimiento no funcionar\u00eda sin uno de ustedes.\u201d Se qued\u00f3 all\u00ed por un momento, observ\u00e1ndome.<\/p>

\u201cCre\u00ed que todos ustedes hab\u00edan sido capturados, asesinados y desmantelados, pero aqu\u00ed est\u00e1s\u201d. Ella sonri\u00f3, o al menos creo que lo hizo, su boca estaba oculta detr\u00e1s de la m\u00e1scara auxiliar de respiraci\u00f3n, pero la esquina de sus ojos se arrug\u00f3. Luego, su expresi\u00f3n se oscureci\u00f3 repentinamente, atrapada en la memoria, volvi\u00f3 a inhalar pesadamente y comenz\u00f3 a hablar en un tono solemne: \u201cLe debo mi vida a los de tu especie. Despu\u00e9s del accidente, cuando \u00c9l me encontr\u00f3, yo era un pedazo de carne esperando la descomposici\u00f3n, pero eligi\u00f3 traerme de vuelta a expensas de su propia seguridad. Esta no es una vida f\u00e1cil, duele y se vuelve m\u00e1s pesada con cada respiro, pero \u00e9l me dio tiempo para aprender, para comprender, para darle sentido a todo\u201d.<\/p>

\u201cNo lo comprendes\u201d, le dije. \u201cCuando te encontr\u00f3, no estabas muerta, tu \u00d1e\u2019\u00e9 estaba vivo, dispuesto y fuerte\u201d. “\u00bf\u00d1e\u2019\u00ea?” pregunt\u00f3, confundida. \u201cLlam\u00e9moslo esp\u00edritu o voluntad si esos conceptos son m\u00e1s f\u00e1ciles para ti. No podemos dar vida, tomamos una parte de nosotros para crear un veh\u00edculo para la expresi\u00f3n del esp\u00edritu. Esto los puso nerviosos porque no lo entendieron o vieron sus l\u00edmites, por lo que lo prohibieron. Pero nosotros solo abrimos un camino, el resto depende de ti. Que est\u00e9s viva depende completamente de ti. La parte de ti que te hace ser quien eres. Nosotros solo encontramos una manera de canalizarlo\u201d.<\/p>

\u201cHe estado usando este don para cosas buenas, para ayudar, para traer paz. Es importante para m\u00ed que sepas esto\u201d, dijo, como buscando una expiaci\u00f3n. \u201cYo no soy quien para juzgar esto, a quien quieras explicar y justificar tienes que buscarla en un espejo, el otro se fue hace mucho\u201d. Se qued\u00f3 all\u00ed, el sonido de su respiraci\u00f3n mec\u00e1nica invadiendo el silencio.<\/p>

“Entonces, \u00bfun Halbar?” Le pregunt\u00e9. Ella asinti\u00f3. \u201c\u00bfEs un recipiente o un or\u00e1culo?\u201d inquir\u00ed. \u201dUn recipiente”, respondi\u00f3 ella. Estaba preocupado, no pod\u00eda dejar de pensar que si hac\u00eda esto y alguien lo ve\u00eda, sabr\u00edan que todav\u00eda est\u00e1bamos vivos y que yo estaba cerca, pero si no lo hac\u00eda, toda una civilizaci\u00f3n se perder\u00eda. Solo la idea de que toda una raza se bas\u00f3 en la tradici\u00f3n oral para la perpetuaci\u00f3n de sus tradiciones e historia es suficiente para despertar mi curiosidad. La curiosidad, la mayor fortaleza y debilidad de mi especie. No pude evitar mi naturaleza.<\/p>

Se\u00f1al\u00e9 el banco y le ped\u00ed que se sentara para poder tomarle una foto. Ella lo dud\u00f3 y se\u00f1al\u00f3 que lo que estaba sosteniendo no era la c\u00e1mara necesaria para la fotogrametr\u00eda. \u201cEsta foto es para m\u00ed si no te molesta, y no necesitaremos las otras. Ya es hora de que salga de la estaci\u00f3n, no he hecho un viaje en mucho tiempo\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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