<spoiler> I really enjoyed the story (pretty sure I've read it before, but many years ago, so it's fuzzy) and I know it's not key to the plot, but I really want to know how Jack failed to survive.

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GolDDranks 3 days ago | parent [-]

It is implied in the beginning: he expects to die before the singularity because of a tendency of heart problems in their family.

	▲	gcanyon 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		HA -- I recognized that I had read the story many years before, and didn't even notice that led me to skimming some at the start.