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Novelette 15,957 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"But think—if we succeed, I’ll acquire a whole boxful of memories. Big, jewel-like memories whose sharp edges will tear my master’s world around me like old silk. I’ll escape. Eat a whole orange rather than a mere pip. Oranges are bright, like the sun. Do they taste like the sun? I think they might. I almost remember that they do."
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.