Homesmind
“She lay against her seat, eyes closed, listening to the low murmurs of the others inside the shuttle. She had traveled through Homesmind's lattices as if she were one of Its thoughts, marveling at the intricate, complex connections that had given It consciousness.Homesmind had always craved knowledge, swallowing facts, ideas, and experiences while seeking more. The Visitor might be another such being, but knowledge alone had not satisfied it; the Visitor longed for the very minds that held the ...knowledge. If it had still had the beings who had made it to serve and care for, perhaps its hunger would have been restrained, for it would have had their thoughts to explore, but the Visitor could now serve no one except itself. It wanted to possess all other minds, as if enthralled by a twisted love and unable to bear the thought of a mind apart from itself. How many minds could it swallow before it was satisfied? Would it eventually meet another like itself, and be swallowed in turn?She opened her eyes.MoreLess
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