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A transplanted human brain inhabits an industrial mining-and-construction automaton on Jupiter, laboring to erect a habitable base amid relentless storms while processing ore and maintaining complex machinery. The operator contends with residual human memories, strict company rules that restrict choices, and the lure of greatly extended mechanical longevity. A second bequeathed brain installed in a different model—a female-designated unit—arrives to assist, offering alternate capabilities and potential companionship. Corporate rivalry and the prospect of sabotage by a dismissed contractor introduce external danger. The story examines questions of identity, the creative satisfaction of making, and the tensions between autonomy and obedience to corporate authority.
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