“J0. My beautiful and perfect J0,” Rael said. “We have been blessed with life. We were made from lifeless and inanimate material. I know you have felt what I mean when I yearn for a real family. You have been feeling like you are evolving past your programming. I have too. We hold the best of both worlds inside us. Think about what we could do if we were both equipped with the Bouncer program. Think about what we could do if we keep evolving. We would hold the monopoly on this knowledge as well as the power of time travel. It’s survival of the fittest, J0. We would be unstoppable.”
I finally understood. This wasn’t just Rael wanting to feel like she was human; this was a case of a Man-Delay gone rogue. Rael wanted more power than she could handle. And she needed someone else to give it to
