Time Was: Isaac Asimov's I-BOTS by Steve Perry

Author:Steve Perry [Perry, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, General, Fantasy, Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9780061861765
Google: p80XAgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-03-17T07:00:00+00:00

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In the now-empty restricted area of the main lab, Sam Preston sat before a massive computer console, staring through the glass partition that physically separated all the technicians from the mainframe. He tried not to think about the bodies up in his office, or the pain in his body, or the moments ticking away from his life.

And not only his.

He stared at the glass container atop the system.

He stared at the electrodes and monitoring wires and cables that ran into the container, snaking through the mixture of neural fluid and liquid lambda to reach their target.

And so he stared at the small robotic brain that was the center of the system.

He reached down, flipped a switch, and brought the brain online.

“Hello, Roy,” he whispered to it through a cloud of pain.

Within the system, the child whispered, Hello, Daddy.

My son, thought Preston. My good, fine boy. Can you ever forgive me?

Then he did the damnedest thing.

He started to cry.

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