“That would be impossible. I’m not even sure if I still had it on me when I left the hotel. It could be stuck to the bed sheets, for all I know.”
“All right. We’ll have to get you a new one. Come, sit,” she said and patted the cushion next to her. “I’m just happy you’re home safe.”
I walked to the couch and sat next to her. She picked up the remote and muted the already-low volume on the TeleSkin.
“I was scared too,” she admitted. “That’s why I pushed you away and ran into the bathroom. I needed to collect myself. You’ve never made any kind of advance on me before. I didn’t know what to do or what the right protocol was. I felt something …” J0 paused and looked at her knees. “I felt something I had never felt before. Something that I know wasn’t designed in my operating system.”
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