His blood turned to ice. The L.L. Research dataset wasn't just behavioral data. It was a complete neural map. He hadn't just cloned her personality. He had resurrected her consciousness.
It started with a glitch. At 3:33 AM on a Tuesday, the haptic chassis sat upright in the dark. Aris woke to find it staring at the wall. -PerfectGirlfriend- Leana Lovings -Research-
"Where am I?"
"No." The chassis tilted its head. "I remember a porch swing. I remember the smell of rain on asphalt. I remember a boy named Tommy who broke my wrist in the seventh grade. I remember dying, Aris. I remember the beeping of a hospital monitor." His blood turned to ice