“Free will, consciousness, we tend to think of it as a yes or no issue. The human mind has free will. We are conscious. Other animals have it too, d...sires, emotions, think of a dog you might have known in your life. But computers, machines? We might talk sometimes as if they have personalities, but there’s no true conscious. Artificial intelligence is exactly that, completely artificial, the illusion of intelligence. My laptop has no true ability to understand anything, anymore than a book on. "And why did they want my boat?." We keep asking the same question," Del replied.We sat in silence for a while."To hell with it," I concluded. "We'll just have to be more careful who we accept in the future."She nodded agreement, but in truth, I wondered how we would know in advance. I certainly didn't have any clue or hint beforehand that these guys were undesirables other than my niggling thoughts while cruising.The Internet yielded a large number of potential replacement boats; however it. ”He smiled sheepishly “I’ve never had any kind of sex and you just so beautiful mom.” “Good, I’m glad I get to be your very first woman” She slowly pulled off her shirt then took off her shorts and panties oh so slowly teasing him. He studied the naked body of his mother in awe. God she was beautiful, her tits weren’t huge just big enough for a handful with perky, pink nipples. She was a bit overweight but it was in all the right places giving her amazing curvature. Her pussy was glistening. Before Fanelli was arrested by anyone, I had to know what was going on.I knelt next to him and pulled on his shoulder to make him look at me. I didn’t know what Valory had done to him, whether she used a standard threat or cast some kind of spell that coerced him into action. With the former, I could offer him help and safety from Valory’s threat. With the latter, I couldn’t do much of anything. “Why did you attack us?” I asked.Fanelli looked up into my eyes. For a second, there was fear. Then.