Guard Dogs
A short thing about Frances’s childhood on the Graye estate, and the family’s history in robotics.
Universe: AJCO Canon (backstory) Warnings: None Words: 480
I recalled recently, while leafing through a Pythtech robotics directory, my first real exposure to the mechanical constructs I would later forge a career upon. Functioning robots were rarely encountered outside of factories and military parades. They were simply too expensive and difficult to maintain for widespread use, though a well-connected Citizen could get their hands on nearly anything. I suspect my mother’s prominence in the development of the great artificial intelligences had earned her significant clout in the acquisition of such things.
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