Thanks for the comment. I went back and forth on the last line…left it in, took it out, used it as the title, and ended up leaving it. I really just wanted to get a first story posted, so there it is.

And I’m excited that someone actually decided to write a sequel…off to read it now.

“…there were plenty of reasons to reject digital immortality.” I’ll bet.

I’m interested to find out what this company’s doing to fleece its client families.

The slanginess of the last line seemed jarring for a second, but I liked it the more I thought about it. The lack of professionalism in that statement reflects the shenanigans going.

On.

Nice job imaging a future-tech and then going the next step to imagine a very real, human reaction to it.

I think the last line fits nicely — it brings things back around to the voice of the first two paragraphs. Well done!

This story is right up my alley. Bravo.