/lit/ - Literature

>>20681293
>80k words
>really slow build up, changes in perspective and tone each scene and chapter
>there's only about 4 or 5 turning points where severe consequences occur

>>19887421
There are no robots in the story, but there are Augmented reality entities. The main one is a foil to the protagonist and the sardonic trickster (secretly Pessimist) with a background similar to Frankenstein's monster, a relic of the fallen age of Man. He was designed with others as a back-up plan to prevent the utopia that takes place. He doesn't struggle to empathize, but rather he struggles to complete his directive to prevent the protagonist from selling his soul.

I do not go the horror route where the modified characters despair over their identity fragmenting or inability to understand eachother. The utopia comes about from people accepting who they are, grateful for family, tradition and restoring boundaries in the world. While I think that is great, what's wrong is how it was accomplished.