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The sophont Good Samaritan led his blinded charge out of the alley and on to a busy main street. Fossil fuel propulsion had been outlawed nearly a century earlier and hordes of almost silent electric Hover-buses weaved in and out of the equally silent streaming traffic, the Automatrix ensuring accidents were unheard of. A drunken shopper stepped off a kerb unexpectedly into the path of hover-bus 19, but the vehicle’s sensors were ever alert to any imminent danger and brought the bus swiftly to a halt with a minimum of fuss and in complete safety. The jaywalker raised his fist and swore at the driverless vehicle, which continued its journey as soon as the intoxicated pedestrian was safe on the opposite footpath.
The blinded android, a build 2.6.02 sophont, had no idea who was leading hi
