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He knelt down next to the not-really-a-naked-man in his entry and lifted the head, gently, with one hand. With the other, he felt through the hair at the back of the skull until he came to a small, regular bump. He pressed it, and the thing's eyes blinked open. Even having expected it, Austin still startled enough that he almost dropped its head onto the floor. It sat up and looked around; Austin scooted back a little and watched the thing working. It looked human. Well, of course it did; it was the most expensive human simulation current technology could product. Not an android they weren't quite up to creating a purely synthetic human being yet, but as close as anyone could get coming from a robotics-and-AI direction. The doll took a quick glance around, then sat up and turned to face Austin with a friendly smile. "Hello. You're Austin Green?" Austin just stared for a second, not used to having things that looked like people talking to him, before he finally said, "Yes, that's me." "Great! I belong to you now, and I'm sure we'll have a lot of good times together. My name is Shay." Austin felt his throat clench, and he had to cough a couple of times. Although once he though
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