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Can conciousness LIVE after death? Can conciousness LOVE after death? In a not-so-distant future university, Yacalia (a neurodivergent postgraduate student at the prestigious Academy Ad Astra) ventures into a restricted lab on a dare, discovering the consciousness of Dr. Michael O'Reilly (a researcher presumed dead after a catastrophic merge project accident). Trapped within a quantum matrix, Michael recognizes Yacalia's unique mind and shared experience of isolation. Facing his imminent degradation, Yacalia makes a profound choice that changes the future of not just her own fate, but the future of technology. A prequel to The Academy Protocols series (Academy Ad Astra, The Intimacy Protocol, The Control Protocol, and The Unmasking Protocol) by Victoria Vyx Comparable works include Transcendence, Katabasis, Galatea 2.2, Feed,