"Where are those missiles that Valtair launched?" Adam asked.

     "Orbiting Earth. They're waiting for their instructions."

     "Is that something you can do, now that you control the computers that control them?"

     "Give them my own instructions, you mean?"

     "Yeah." 

     "I most certainly can." 

     "Has Tindriss reached the compound yet?"

     "Yes she has." 

     "How's it going?" 

​     "Badly."

​     "Katy and Gramps, they're..."

​     "I've got them in the security bubble, Adam. Nothing on Earth can get to them."

     "Tindriss isn't from Earth. Instruct those missiles to hit my compound." 

     "Adam, are you sure..." 

​     "Your outer force field can contain the blasts, right? The surrounding community won't be affected, will it?"

​     "No, but..." 

​     "How much longer will it take before we get there?"

​     "Sixty seconds." 

     "Will the missiles be there by then?"

​     "They'll beat you by approximately ten seconds."

​     "Claudia, just in case things get so bad that..." 

​     "Forty seconds. Take a deep breath and..."

     "I love you, Claudia." 

     "I love you too, Adam, and that's not just of my damned programming talking. We had some wonderful times, did we not?"

​     "We most certainly did."

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