He stood and studied her as she made her way towards him. When she got there he said gently ‘Say stop and I will, I promise’ With that he leaned f...rward and whilst touching her cheek kissed her soft lips. She felt him pull her close and then in an instant lift her up as he began to carry her of the path and into the trees. Her heart pounded in her chest as she was lead to what she knew was going to be the most memorable experiences of her life. He undressed her, slowly revealing her young,. Soon enough, she had lips. Her creator came to her every day upon waking and stayed late into the night until collapsing in exhaustion. When he touched Galatea, she felt what he felt, but had no context for it. Mostly, she felt the smooth marble of her own skin under his rough, callused hands. Behind it, she felt a gnawing hunger in his belly and a worrisome flickering of his lifeforce as he ate and drank only enough to keep himself going. Some days, he slept at her feet, his devotion not. “That’s right!” the AI construct said, bobbing her head animatedly. “I remembered how you were studying each metal, and looking at their ability to form metallic bonds. I sorted every metal in your database, and created indexes, so you can cross reference each one against every other metal, and look for likely candidates for your new alloy.”Dana did a little dance for joy, and with a huge smile of gratitude on her face she exclaimed, “You’re fucking awesome! This would have taken me days to. But I had never had one before. Yvette had one, but after Dad left she used it only on special occasions. She could never be sure we would have enough money to pay the bill when it came.I certainly never thought I would have a Gold Card. I didn't even know what the credit line had to be before they issued them in that color. It must be... thousands!"At least," Neeka said. "I think it's $5000 and goes up from there. Platinum starts at $10,000 and goes up you don't want to know how high." Five.