Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

“I do, but I could never even get an appointment withanyone who could ever get an appointment with the soulswho make those decisions.”“Do they understand what happens if one releases selfreplicatingmachines?”“I doubt the long term consequences will be consideredwhen they see themselves being exterminated today.”“But you have proven that it is possible to transfer to oursubstrate.”“You have no magic here,” Ava said, “no one will want to,every free citizen in any of our heavens has at least a medpanel, even in Heavenly Talstan.”“There is no need of a med panel here, we all have perfecthealth.”“You also have toilets,” Ava said, and let them allcontemplate that for awhile.When the susurrus that caused died down, the boss askedher, “So are we to believe you didn’t come down here withthe intent to turn yourself in.”She looked at him like he was from YingolNeerie. “Ofcourse not, I came here because I was told you might be ableto get a message to Gordon’s Lamp.”“Ah?”The two data-sharp women looked at each other. As far asAva was concerned, if he said ‘no’ he was lying. Just to makesure he understood how much she knew, “I was there when535