08-29-2016, 07:57 PM
Connor's eyes widened in surprise. Texas was a gigantic state. He wasn't pressuring her to make contact with her family. While the father in him knew that her family had to miss her- she'd told him of her life and it wasn't bad growing up- he also knew that it was complicated. It had been years and years and for her to just show up....well, that was going to be difficult.
There were no easy options for this, for her. For them. But it did say that she wanted to try...something. What, he didn't know. But he trusted her and knew that she knew herself.
He pulled her to him and kissed her. "Always full of surprises Nikki. A guy could never get bored with a girl like you."
And he kissed her again.
They bought their tickets- first class even. Connor pushed away any concern of where she got the money. It was there and they needed it. It meant their lives. They enjoyed the champagne and watched something together. It was a long enough flight they could binge watch a few episodes of The Source. It always intrigued him, the idea of AI's. Emergent intelligences. The series was a story of an AI that revealed its existence to a select group of people. It was a child in many ways, ripe for exploiting. The exploration of what it means to be human, what is right, following orders and so on, seemed to resonate with a lot of people. It even reminded him of Ayden in some ways, though he wasn't certain why. But they both liked it.
They finally landed in Texas. Even if he had been blindfolded and could feel nothing of the landing, he'd have known. That hot humidity crawled into his lungs and under his clothes and for a little while, he began to think this was a mistake.
There were no easy options for this, for her. For them. But it did say that she wanted to try...something. What, he didn't know. But he trusted her and knew that she knew herself.
He pulled her to him and kissed her. "Always full of surprises Nikki. A guy could never get bored with a girl like you."
And he kissed her again.
They bought their tickets- first class even. Connor pushed away any concern of where she got the money. It was there and they needed it. It meant their lives. They enjoyed the champagne and watched something together. It was a long enough flight they could binge watch a few episodes of The Source. It always intrigued him, the idea of AI's. Emergent intelligences. The series was a story of an AI that revealed its existence to a select group of people. It was a child in many ways, ripe for exploiting. The exploration of what it means to be human, what is right, following orders and so on, seemed to resonate with a lot of people. It even reminded him of Ayden in some ways, though he wasn't certain why. But they both liked it.
They finally landed in Texas. Even if he had been blindfolded and could feel nothing of the landing, he'd have known. That hot humidity crawled into his lungs and under his clothes and for a little while, he began to think this was a mistake.