Chapter 77
Abigail surfaced from a black sleep so dark it was as if she had been floating in liquid midnight. She had a crunching headache and the sour taste of bile in her mouth.
A bright, friendly, young female voice was saying “Hello Abigail! How wonderful! You’re waking up!” An excited clap of the hands. “Oh! You can’t imagine how happy that makes me!”
Abigail rolled away, but the voice didn’t give up. “We’re going to have such girlie fun! You’ve no idea of the fun we’re going to have!”
Abigail kept her eyes closed. Her cracked voice seemed to come from an age away. “Bugger off.”
“Oh, that’s great! We’re having a conversation!”
“Tup off.” Abigail settled back into sleep.
“Tup off!” A giggle “I can’t do that! I’m a holo! Oops! Claps hand to mouth! Ooops! I’m not ever, ever ever e
