"Does anyone ever... ask for them back? From the Eternal Drive?"

Elias touched his chest. The bruise was gone. But as he stared at the photo, a cold dread began to seep in. He remembered the shape of the memory, but not the weight of it. He tried to recall the sound of her laugh, and he couldn't. He knew she laughed, he knew he loved it, but he couldn't hear it. It was like looking at a recipe for a meal you could no longer taste.

"I understand," Elias whispered. "I just need it gone."

They called it "The Upload." They claimed it was for archiving, for preserving history in a cloud server that would never crash. But everyone knew the truth. People came here to forget.