“I’ve never been able to do that before. What’s happening to me?” “Never been able to do what?” “Retrieve something as naturally as you do. I knew that my data bank had the information, but their name was just out of reach. It was, as the expression goes, on the tip of my tongue. Usually I can feel the circuits and conductors inside my head compute and flip through information like a Rolodex. This time, however, I had to actually think about it to remember it.” “Are you saying that you were able to bring up the Kaminski name like a human would have and not like a computer?” J0 nodded. “I’ve never felt anything like that before. I wasn’t designed to be able to make organic decisions myself.” “What do you think this means?” I was frightened of the transformations that she had been man

