“Good morning,” the woman said, and indicated an opulent couch perpendicular to the window. “Please sit.”
They did so, and Kaiya grew uncomfortable at Kormac’s reticence.
“I’m Alethea,” the woman said. “Make yourselves at home. Here at Life Plus, we are all one family united in the pursuit of perfection. The EVC tells me you are interested in joining our family.”
Kaiya’s eyes widened. “But it never said anything.”
Alethea chuckled and held up her left forearm. It glowed like a tablet. “I had this implanted when I became director of Leth branch. The EVC communicates via localweb. Now I can carry her around with me. We’re never apart.”
Kormac shifted beside her. “You… put it inside you?” he asked.
“Just a basic audiovisual communications device, yes. No touch receptors, but I’ve no nee
