Alec was looking morose. “I suppose we could recreate Anna, from the few files we salvaged from the lab. But I don’t think it would be the same.”<\/p>\n
“Hey,” Jill said, “you’re not the only one in mourning here. Fred’s gone too.”<\/p>\n
“We don’t know for sure that they’re gone,” Bob said, emerging from the kitchen clutching a spatula. “As long as we’re using my place as our temporary lab, you want me to cook something?”<\/p>\n
“When did you learn to cook?” Jill looked incredulous.<\/p>\n
“All artists have a medium of choice. Mine just happens to be the microwave.” Holding his spatula with as much dignity as he could muster, he marched back into the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Alec had been ignoring the entire exchange. “It’s been a week. Anna was perfectly capable of jumping to another server when the fire started. Or several servers, if she felt like it.”<\/p>\n
“If you’re right that somebody set that fire on purpose — and I’m not saying you are — then maybe she’s laying low, staying off the internet.”<\/p>\n
“Yes,” Alec said, “as long as they think she’s dead, she’s safe.”<\/p>\n
“I’m not sure ‘dead’ would be the right word. You do know she isn’t a real person, right?”<\/p>\n
Alec snorted. “How do you know you’re<\/i> a real person? How does anyone?”<\/p>\n
Their discussion was interrupted by Bob, returning from the kitchen, out of breath and without a spatula. “Both of you, quick, come into the kitchen. You have got to see this. Although I’m not sure you’re going to believe it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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