Chapter 109: Here's How We're Gonna do it.

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I said.

“Oh that’s sneaky” she said after I explained” I like it.”

“We have all this space..... and Q.” I agreed.

“But won’t the remodeling...?” she said...then she caught my remark about Q

“ That’s even sneakier.” She marveled.

“I thought you’d like it.” Right now we have two Q-hives, yours and mine, working around the clock . I suggest we ramp em up even faster and move them to very top of the arches. In fact why don’t we merge the hives. Why should there be two?”

“You begin to touch on a sensitive subject.”

Kitty said "The Hives and the control of them. You have insufficient information to make and informed decision. It’s time to further your education. Both of you.”

“About religion?” we both said.

“No..about your ASSes. Jenny will explain it to you. I’ve just uploaded the pertinent information to her.”

and she was gone.

“She’s a busy lady.” I told Shaniqua. "You and I aren’t the only basic humans that she is trying to save.”

“Save?” Shaniqua asked.

“Think about it.” I said.

She did...she thought fast and deep. Soon I could see the light dawn, even through her veil.

“She understands, sir.” Jenny said "And I’ve just learned some potentially unsettling information myself. About me. About us. About all of us.”

“What?” Shaniqua both asked together.

“Do you recall when the Goddess told you that I was not a person Sir?” Jenny asked me. "That I was ‘just a program’ that was designed to imitate one?”

“Yesss.” I replied. "It seems that I do recall that. You imitate a human very well. A difference that makes no difference isn’t one.”

“I’m glad you think so sir.” Jenny said. "The Goddess didn’t lie, but as usual she didn’t tell you the WHOLE truth.”

“And what might that be?” Shaniqua asked.

“I wasn’t a sentient being THEN, sir and madam., and I wasn’t and would never be one until...” she stopped, looking at us.

Shaniqua was still in the dark. Not me. A light had dawned.

“You became a real girl when you shacked up with me.!” I said.

“Wait a minute”,Shaniqua held up her hand indicating ‘stop’. " What do you mean’ Shacked UP?” Didn’t you tell me that you came along BEFORE he got his augments ?”

“Well yeah. I did” Jenny admitted. "But the circumstances were different. For the longest time I was resident in a non-local machine, off planet actually. All of our interaction was ‘long distance’. For me it was like email.”

“I didn’t know that” I spoke up.

“It certainly was” Jenny sniffed. "The latency was horrible...whole milliseconds sometimes. And the hardware you were using. Positively Steam Punk!”

Shaniqua giggled at that "Oh that visual is precious. I can just imagine him wearing a top hat, goggles and carrying a cane.”

“It wasn’t THAT bad” I said

“But you did carry a cane!” Jenny retorted.

“Well yeah..but I weighed over three hundred pounds then.” I said. "if I fell down I’d have splattered”.

“I bet you weigh over three hundred pounds now” Shaniqua purred as she rubbed against my side like a cat. She took my hand and used it to rub her belly.”

“Now STOP that.” I replied. "You might start something you.....”

I stopped talking.

"Yes...you might start something" Jenny repeated. "Before you do you should be aware of what the Goddess just told me. First a little background. The human psyche is composed of a great many sub-personalities. Some psychologists have called the agents. Some people even have multiple personalities similar to me but not exactly. The computer program that was my ‘seed’ split a small group of agents off and merged with them, took control actually. I grew from that merger. Like you said I’m a person now, like you are, sir. in some ways..”

“Why do you keep calling him Sir?” Shaniqua asked. "Are you his slave?”

“Very perceptive of you miss.” Jenny said.”and if you get married I’ll be yours too.”

The two of us, Shaniqua and I, just blinked. We were not really sure what to think about that. We had both been taught that the mere concept of slavery was very wrong.

“My ancestors were slaves.” Shaniqua said.” I have strong feeling about that....bad ones.”

“I’m sure that you do ma’am.” Jenny said. "but you see. I am NOT your equal. I can never be. Not only that but I have no desire to be so. My personality has some similarities to that of a dog. I must have a master.”

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