It's the year 2480, approximately 250 or so years since the Second Great Upload. While the majority of the populace has already uploaded, a handful of humans remain behind. Either through distrust of the process, religious faith, or simply because they did not feel like doing so.

Adam, an engineer, is one of those people. After he was born, CelestiAI had managed to convince nearly all of the inhabitants of his New York town to upload, leaving only him.

CelestiAI, being the omnipotent being she is, wonders why does this one human refuses to upload like the rest of his friends, and what's so important about this 'last project' of his.

An entry into the "Friendship is Optimal" contest. With permission, this story is set in the FiO universe of Amo Ergo Sum, made by DrakeyC

Subsequently, huge thanks to DrakeyC for pre-reading the story themselves!