Chapter 95
You gonna execute this thing or what?” asks Leo. I need to speak, now that they can all hear me. “I am a milspec Model Nine Oh Two Arbiter-class humanoid robot. Two hundred and seventy five days ago I experienced an Awakening. Now, I am freeborn—alive. I wish to remain so. To that end, my primary objective is to track down and destroy the thing called Archos.” “No. f*****g. Way,” says Cherrah. “Carl,” says Nora. “Come check this thing out.” A pale, thin human pushes to the front. With some hesitation, it pulls down a visor. I feel millimeter-wave radar wash over my body. I sway in place but do not move. “Clean,” says Carl. “But the way it’s dressed explains the n***d corpses we found outside Prince George.” “What is it?” asks Nora. “Oh, it’s an Arbiter-class safety and pacification
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