They have become different species. One memory still belongs to them all.
At their last supper, the memory keeper opens the chamber in her chest and serves what remains of their human past. Red filaments carry the fragments to each plate: a room, a flower, a book, an insect, a fruit.
Memory takes the place of bread and wine. We sit among them. A black goblet waits before us, and the mechanical hands at the edge of the table are our own. One fragment remains to be served.
When the meal ends, each body will leave with a different piece of the same past. This is the last time the memory will belong to them all.