‘No you’re not,’ he said, with a deep, throaty laugh. Doreen, our director, called ‘places’, and he stepped away from me, holding my eye, k...eping that knowing smile on his face. We had a secret, it was our secret. And my friend Marie’s. Today we were running through the ballroom scene. Jason, our dance instructor was teaching the actors a salsa routine and they were being partnered up one by one. My friend Shona was Ted’s partner and she had no idea anything was going on. She wasn’t here. They had an adverse effect early on until we were able to optimize people and train them for many more jobs. Once our educational tools evolved, we had so much more to do and so much more time to do it without having to bother with all the hackwork for which we are poorly adapted. Planetary administrative AIs can be scrupulously fair and make decisions based on evidence as to what was in the interest of society and our environment. Without the AIs doing this work I would have had to suffer. “You look well.”“Thank you.” Kirk bobbed his head. He beamed.“This is my daughter, Frieda.” He gestured first to the brunette. “And my future wife, Valentina.”“Just Val is fine.” The redhead’s effected politeness was paper thin.“Of course, girls, this is Giselle. She’s Monsieur le Carre’s proxy.” He bobbed.“It is a pleasure to meet you both.” Giselle smiled.“Hi.” Frieda said. She was laser focused in on her phone.“Oh, the coins!” Kirk erupted. “Our, um, our seller is due to arrive this. As she takes her last sip of champagne he gets out of the tub, handing her a towel. ‘OK, shower time, get yourself dressed, we are off to dinner! I have made reservations’ he says. ‘What! I was just starting to enjoy that!’ she cried. ‘Were you?’ he says as he winks mischievously, ‘There’s plenty more where that came from!’ ‘You’ll be lucky, I’ll probably fall asleep!’ she retorts cheekily. ‘You will sleep when I’ve done with you! Now go and get ready!’ he says whilst giving her a playful slap.