Striving for the Stars (The Kelras Chronicles Book 1) by Taniko K Williams

Author:Taniko K Williams [Williams, Taniko K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780645133202
Publisher: Outback Quill Publishing
Published: 2021-05-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The following day, I staggered down the hall, muscles screaming in protest.

Fortunately, my grandmother had expected my pain and was waiting with some medication.

Unfortunately, that pain medication came with a needle.

Flinging myself onto the couch, I laid there, staring at the ceiling as I waited for the medicine to work its magic.

"Why does it hurt so much? I wasn't sore like this yesterday," I moaned softly.

"You’re not used to such heavy exercise, and on the obstacle course, you would have been using muscles you don't normally use. This is why cadets go through two months of physical conditioning before they start heavier training. By the end of the first month, you will stop feeling so sore," my grandmother explained as she bustled around the kitchen, getting ready to leave for the day.

My grandfather had already left for the academy, as there was another round of recruits undergoing testing today.

"Alright, sweetheart, I'll be at the clinic if you need me. Try to exercise just a little to stretch your muscles out, and it will stop them from hurting so bad. There's also a salad in the fridge for lunch," my grandmother said, leaving with her AI drone floating behind her.

Seeing the drone, I shot into a seated position.

My grandmother had cleared me for full use of my implant yesterday for the exams. It also meant I could finally try out my new hoverboard.

Entering my room, I grabbed my bodysuit and pulled it on, then I grabbed the helmet and clipped it to the back of the suit. Looking over to my AI that was floating above his small charging station, I sent a mental direction, and he woke from standby mode, flying over to the desk where he disengaged himself from the Fizmo skin.

My AI had been developing extremely well, and my grandfather had been a little shocked at just how much of the Fizmo behavior it had taken on.

My little AI had gone beyond the initial Fizmo programming and had found data on the network about the creatures and used the data to build more realistic behavior patterns. He was very skilled at staying in character even when not in the Fizmo skin.

My grandparents’ AI would use speech when confirming orders or imparting information but my own AI, who I had creatively named Mo, would only communicate in the small animistic vocalizations of a real Fizmo.

Mo had chosen a set of vocalizations for itself that meant different things, and I had been slowly learning them.

I loved how he had developed.

My grandfather had found him strange, but Mo was how I wanted him.

As I grabbed the hoverboard out of the case and started out the door, Mo flew along behind me, bouncing in the air slightly as we went.

Exiting the building my grandparents’ unit was in, I connected with the board, having it hover in place before me.

I directed Mo to also connect to it and watched as he flew down and hovered over the small section at the front, activating the magnetic field to hold himself on the board.

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