I checked, Wash. Do you think I didn't check before I left? You were scheduled for Iota. South was supposed to have Eta. And then there was one more of us, one more of his little team that had never had an AI.
[ Unless he assigned Epsilon to Carolina, instead. But she thinks he'd liked seeing her without an AI, been interested in the experiment. How did his formerly number-one agent cope with having that extra edge and then losing it again? ]
Besides. It fit. Or he would have thought it did. Agent Connecticut asks too many questions? Well, we'll give her all the answers, more than she ever asked for, and see if we can shut her up for good.
[ She glances up at him again, her tone soft and somber. ]
no subject
[ CT starts to pace, staring at the ground. ]
I checked, Wash. Do you think I didn't check before I left? You were scheduled for Iota. South was supposed to have Eta. And then there was one more of us, one more of his little team that had never had an AI.
[ Unless he assigned Epsilon to Carolina, instead. But she thinks he'd liked seeing her without an AI, been interested in the experiment. How did his formerly number-one agent cope with having that extra edge and then losing it again? ]
Besides. It fit. Or he would have thought it did. Agent Connecticut asks too many questions? Well, we'll give her all the answers, more than she ever asked for, and see if we can shut her up for good.
[ She glances up at him again, her tone soft and somber. ]
See if they could break me.