9The four of them sat around some pretty decent reconstituted meals by Eric’s standards, but no one was eating but Peyton. Kyra sipped tea and stared off into space. Eric did not find the scientist’s silence reassuring in the least. He pulled his wandering mind to the present and put his full attention on Nero when he spoke.
“I have discovered the code to wake Aja 490 and Meara 491 from their hibernation stasis. However, I do not exactly know who they will be once they are fully conscious and functional again. As a precaution against negative programming, Kyra and I have decided to replace their primary processor with a new prototype we have developed. Upon activation, the new processor will gather a basic data collection of information as well as provide life support and normal functioni
