Chapter 13
RADNTEL
Kip stared at the CogN chair.
“Lower the light, Arturo,” Kip said.
The lights dimmed, draping the chair in muted light and shadow.
“Now it looks like an electric chair,” Kip said.
“The amount of electricity we will be emitting is quite negligible, as you know,” Arturo said.
“Eight months of work, tens of millions of lines of code, and here we are,” Kip said.
Kip ran his hands through his hair and let out a sigh. “Am I crazy to do this? Am I being reckless?”
“Rhetorical questions, I assume,” Arturo said.
Kip looked at a photo of Becca on the center display panel of his workstation.
“Damn it, I have to do this. We have to do this.”
Kip walked into the animal room and stood in front of Andy, who was playing a snowboarding video game.
“Hey, Andy,” Kip said.
And
