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At first nothing at all happened, I rewrote one my pieces of software to keep an eye on the virus as it lived inside my skull. It was consistent in size and didn't seem to be doing anything at all. Yet I had to be honest with myself, things were different even in subtle ways. I had began to experience a few glitches in my own life. Stupid things really, I was becoming forgetful, slightly clumsy all things I had never experienced before...I put it all down to stress.

I checked the virus again and discovered although it hadn’t grown, it had changed. It had become a little more complex in structure, almost as though it was adapting to its new environment. I tried to hide my worry from you Kathryn, I may have been irritable and snappy with you but it was nothing you said or did, it was all related to what I am telling you now.

I began to research the virus more thoroughly, I began to compare it with its counterpart on the computer and discovered that like its silicon variant it was in fact starting to change. It was attempting to protect itself from being erased and to do that it had to alter. They call that kind of virus polymorphic, in essence one that can evade detection and that's what mine was starting to do.

About a week after that the virus began to grow, it was doing what it was designed to do...replicating cell by cell. Just as a computer virus replicates it was doing the same except in my head and at that point I figured out why I was starting to experience memory loss and that sense of loss in physical co-ordination.

Just as computer viruses wipe out information on a computer, this one is doing the same in my head. Each time it replicates, its taking a little bit of mind with it, I’ve been living with this for weeks now. Every time I wake up another chunk of my life is gone, its scary but I cant even remember our wedding day anymore. This thing in my head has wiped it clean away as if it was nothing. I m finding it harder to co-ordinate as well, that's why I’ve been taking the bus to work. I no longer trust myself behind the wheel of a car, hell I can't even operate a computer anymore and that's something I thought would be the last thing to go.

As I see according to the last readings I got from the computer at work, at this rate I have about a week left before the virus starts eating into my brains autonomous functions. I won't be able to breathe unaided let alone anything else and I don’t want to go like that. I m also worried that virus may activate a second stage. It sounds insane but if this much of it can exist in my head then why not compulsion to spread itself out into the world. I’ve already found myself using the headset almost without realising at times...I don't know if that's related in anyway.

I figure this way I will get to stop this thing before it goes any further, I’m leaving you with the information on disk about the project and all the other people involved. I want you to bring what happened to me to public attention after I m gone. I know it seems like a cowardly thing to do but I can’t do anymore.

The company reckon the device is almost ready, they hope to be hitting the market within a year. The nature of the device means it will work with almost any computer platform out there which means that everyone who uses a computer could in turn be affected if they use the headset

I m so sorry that I have to go like this, I wanted us to spend the rest of our time together but because of my own actions that cannot be.

I Love You

Yours

Ca-_***

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