[ Beth reaches for the picture with her empty hand, taking a step back as she looks at it. The two of them, posed and smiling, on what looks like a warm day. It's eerie, an experience without a memory attached to it. There's no way it's real, but if it was someone else, if they were going look at my engagement pictures, didn't they turn out great?, Beth would believe the picture was real.
The idea makes her skin crawl, even if someone used a computer to do it. (Who even has a working computer? Who prints photos that don't come out of a Polaroid camera? It's as unbelievable as the warm air coming out of a vent near her ankles.) ]
AI?
[ Isn't that, like, robots? (The world ended in 2010, she's trying her best here.) More importantly, though, he sounds as baffled as she feels, and some part of her wants to trust that. He sounds like he means it, and so did Dr. Edwards, sure, but that feels different somehow. Maybe just wishful thinking, but - he'd known everything to say to get her to trust him, and this guy seems like he's stumbling along without any more information than her.
Looking up from the picture she's holding, just out of arm's reach, her gaze steady but uncertain - ]
You really didn't do this?
[ If he didn't, then who did?
(If he did, if he's lying to her - she'll find out. It's not like she's going to go anywhere unarmed.) ]
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The idea makes her skin crawl, even if someone used a computer to do it. (Who even has a working computer? Who prints photos that don't come out of a Polaroid camera? It's as unbelievable as the warm air coming out of a vent near her ankles.) ]
AI?
[ Isn't that, like, robots? (The world ended in 2010, she's trying her best here.) More importantly, though, he sounds as baffled as she feels, and some part of her wants to trust that. He sounds like he means it, and so did Dr. Edwards, sure, but that feels different somehow. Maybe just wishful thinking, but - he'd known everything to say to get her to trust him, and this guy seems like he's stumbling along without any more information than her.
Looking up from the picture she's holding, just out of arm's reach, her gaze steady but uncertain - ]
You really didn't do this?
[ If he didn't, then who did?
(If he did, if he's lying to her - she'll find out. It's not like she's going to go anywhere unarmed.) ]