"My grandparents used to tell stories about the old days, when there was only one chain and everyone lived on it. How much better it all was, then. I don't know if I believe the stories. How else did all the different languages start, all the religions? Where did cross-chain travel come from? But I like to remember their stories. Especially now."
"Vridia. She called Stokeham a Boomer Chain, using grandma-slang to show just how backwater we were. Before she stopped talking to me. Everyone is born to a parachain, which defines your language, social customs, legal frameworks, dating protocols. Some people fork themselves to try to spread across multiple chains, hoping to optimize different traits. But the more chains you use, the more fragmented you become. That's what I think happened to Vridia."
Life is organized around chains and parachains that determine language, customs, laws, and dating protocols. The narrator was born on Stokeham, a legacy chain with good uptime and stable performance. The narrator's sister, Vridia, experimented with cross-chain travel and eventually stopped syncing after convincing someone at the relay, leaving mid-connection. The narrator claims an identity pass as a pilgrimage but is actually searching for Vridia. The narrator avoids in-system memory storage because chains overwrite or archive memories and charge to forget. Forking across chains can optimize traits but fragments identity. Memory pruning and sync choices create emotional and practical problems.
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