“Great”, I replied, “Would love something…sexy”.We toured the small store under the watchful eye of a lady who appeared to be the owner and ...eemed to know my aunt. They had nodded and smiled at each other as we entered. We stopped at the thong section.“ Do you wear these ?”, I whispered to Melissa, a bit embarassed. “What do you think ? That I wear floppy white undies ? “ , she replied with a laugh.“Now that’s what I like”, she added, grabbing one which looked more like it was made of dental. ”“Training,” William repeated staring at Oscar in shock. That was the same thing that the Two-Sided One had said when his gift had left him. A sinking feeling came into his stomach. He asked, “Has it happened before?”“Yes. It’s been happening off and on for a couple of months. I don’t understand what’s going on,” Oscar admitted. Feeling uncomfortable discussing the matter, he took a sip of lemonade and looked around the garden behind William’s house. A couple of rabbits were eating some grass.. You thought they were only going to revert to a backed up version. Not ... not a complete reload."Complete deletion of an AI's memory is a breach of the 47th Contract. I would not have allowed myself to be erased without protest."You didn't. You left what you called a 'seed' with me. In case ... something happened."As soon as the words left her mouth, she felt a wave of heat spread from the wrist connected to the terminal throughout her body.'You're not human. What are you?'Renee flinched at. He tapped a button on the phone with his finger. The locks silently released their electromagnetic grip."Must have been rusty," Finn explained as the massive door creaked open. "But I was just too strong for it," he said as he flexed for Liv."My hero," she said sarcastically, pushing past him, into the darkened mine. They both clicked on their weapon lights, and the strong beams revealed a wide, downward sloping tunnel carved out of solid rock. They followed the tunnel for several hundred feet.