5
Karen hadn’t intended to reveal the truth about Coppélia so soon, but her hand had been forced by the incident at Dr Russell’s apartment building. No human being could have ripped off an android’s leg one-handed. The whole team had a good idea of what their boss was going to say and they were glad to at last be part of the loop. They realised that Rachel already knew – she’d been with the D.I. when she and Coppélia first showed up at the office and had gone straight into Karen’s office with the two of them.
Toby wasn’t surprised when Luke slid his chair across alongside him, resigned to the fact that he was about to receive the full payload of Luke’s theories.
“Toby.”
“Yes, Luke.”
“She’s a droid isn’t she?”
“Looks like it, Luke.”
“I mean, no human can rip a security-bot’s leg off
