Part 8 — Chapter 8

Summary

• The chapter reveals that the narrator got married to Talia within a year.
• When Clara and Mariam died, they left the farm to the newly wedded couple.
• In the years following their marriage, the narrator often reflected on fond memories, like playing the violin with his wife, working in the kitchen together, watching their farm robots, and observing airships over Oklahoma City from their porch.
• The narrator expresses his belief that even if life were proven to be a simulation, it would not diminish the value of one's lived experiences and emotions because a life, whether real or simulated, is still a life.