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           Myfatherwasadedicatedabuser,asyoumusthaveseen.’

           Mollytensed.

           `Don’talarmyourself.’3Jane’sfingersbrushedtheskinabovethewaistbandoftheleatherjeans.`Hissuicidewastheresultofmyhavingmanipulatedthesafetymarginsofhisfreeze.I’dneveractuallymethim,youknow.Iwasdecantedafterhelastwentdowntosleep.ButIdidknowhimverywell.Thecoresknoweverything.Iwatchedhimkillmymother.I’llshowyouthat,whenyou’rebetter.Hestranglesherinbed.’

           `Whydidhekillher?’Herunbandagedeyefocusedonthegirl’sface.

           `Hecouldn’tacceptthedirectionsheintendedforourfamily.Shecommissionedtheconstructionofourartificialintelligences.Shewasquiteavisionary.SheimaginedusinasymbioticrelationshipwiththeAI’s,ourcorporatedecisionsmadeforus.Ourconsciousdecisions,Ishouldsay.TessierAshpoolwouldbeimmortal,ahive,eachofusunitsofalargerentity.Fascinating.I’llplayhertapesforyou,nearlyathousandhours.ButI’veneverunderstoodher,really,andwithherdeath,herdirectionwaslost.Alldirectionwaslost,andwebegantoburrowintoourselves.Nowweseldomcomeout.I’mtheexceptionthere.’

           `Yousaidyouweretryingtokilltheoldman?Youfiddledhiscryogenicprograms?’

           3Janenodded.`Ihadhelp.Fromaghost.ThatwaswhatIthoughtwhenIwasveryyoung,thattherewereghostsinthecorporatecores.Voices.