18“Welcome home, Rachel Logan. Good to see you again, Marcus Kells.”
Marcus was stunned at the polite greetings from the guard bot who used their given names. He laughed when Rachel looked at him in stunned disbelief. She still wasn’t speaking much, but her look definitely asked if the feminine sounding guard bot was for real. He had no idea where such a model had been obtained, but was wondering the same thing about who had coded him.
“It is customary for residents to check in when they have been gone for longer than seventy-two hours. Please place your ID hand on the scanners to complete this request. For your convenience, there are now two scanners available here.”
Rachel placed her hand down on one of the scanners. Marcus placed his on the other.
They watched the guard bot, who did
