Gods of Titan- The Cosmic Constants by David Christmas

Author:David Christmas [Christmas, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912419616
Publisher: YouCaxton Publications
Published: 2019-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Come on, Sol. Time to get going.’ Deira had already finished breakfast and was pacing impatiently while she waited for Sol to drink his coffee and shift his butt. He glanced at her, saw the way the wind was blowing, and quickly finished up.

‘Sorry. Okay, I’m good to go now.’

‘About time. So, how are you going to do this?’

‘Do what? I’ve collected some functions that I think might be relevant, but there’s a big difference between having the bricks and building the house. Chard, you there, buddy?’

‘As if I wouldn’t be.’ Chard’s voice emerged from his speaker. ‘You realise I have no more idea than you, don’t you? I can give you a logical approach, but I suspect you could work that out for yourself.’

‘Humour me.’ Sol took Deira and guided her to the sofa. ‘Dee, I can’t do anything while you’re pacing. It upsets my equilibrium.’

‘Okay, okay,’ Deira sat, though she still looked like she might leap up again at any moment. ‘Chard,’ she said, ‘you might as well give us some help with this. I know Sol’s perfectly capable of doing it himself, but I also know he’s a lazy SOB when he wants to be – and he’s giving me the strong impression that he wants to be.’

Sol started to protest, then realised there wasn’t much point. He gave up and laid Chard on the coffee table.

‘Come on then, buddy. Give us your suggestions.’

‘I believe you’ll need a copy of Josh’s DNA before you can begin to construct a body,’ Chard said.

‘Makes sense,’ Sol replied. ‘Need a blueprint to work from. I’m damned sure I’d have thought of that.’

‘You can carry on alone if you wish.’

‘No, no. It’s fine. Uh…where do we get his DNA?’

‘That’s the easy bit,’ Deira said. ‘The Agency has a sample.’

‘Yeah, okay. So, what next?’

Chard gave a big sigh. ‘Then you apply the functions you’ve gathered to the DNA template. Do you have a problem with that?’

Sol looked sheepish. ‘Well, I think what I’ve gathered should be useful, but I don’t really know how to start. I’m not even sure I’ve got everything I need.’

‘I thought you knew about these sub-quantal functions.’ Deira was beginning to get frustrated. ‘That’s what you told me.’

‘They’re very familiar,’ Sol said, ‘and I’m reasonably sure about the ones I’ve already gathered, but …’

‘That’s great!’ Deira was pacing angrily now. ‘Here’s me thinking we could make some progress on this while Tao’s away and you’ve been misleading me the whole time.’

‘It wasn’t deliberate. I thought I could do it. It’s just … well, now we’re about to begin in earnest, it’s such a huge responsibility. What if I make a mistake?’

Deira suddenly understood and stopped pacing. ‘Sorry,’ she said, ‘You’re quite right. But couldn’t Chard help with that?’

‘I could’ Chard’s voice sounded less than certain. ‘However, I’ve been experiencing a number of minor malfunctions of late – and this is a very important initiative.’

‘So, you’re worried you might make a mistake too?’ Deira was incredulous. ‘I didn’t know AI’s suffered from confidence issues.

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