Raymond Stantz

"We may as well. Otherwise this could continue for hours."

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"All right."

She slipped the memory stick into place and waited to see what would happen.

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KARR was quiet for several moments, reading through the information. His CPU almost ground to a halt several times, his scanner flashing and fading alternately. After a few minutes, he finally spoke again. "...oh my."

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Kitt was quiet, actually making the effort to monitor Karr's - the one that wasn't exactly his brother - reactions. He didn't want to be responsible for the death or damage of another AI. Even if he did seem a bit thicker than Karr as he knew him. "I take it you're beginning to understand."

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"Yes," KARR said slowly, his scanner beginning to return to normal. He called up some particularly interesteing information, displaying it on his screen. "Michelle? You ought to see this."

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Michelle frowned a little and slid forward to see. Ray, for his part, looked over his shoulder towards the others. Otherwise, he stayed where he was.

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Bonnie leaned slightly forward, curious, but making no further move.

When had FLAG assigned handguns, she wondered.

But more than that, just what was it that was so weird that Karr had picked out for his driver to see? A part of her hoped it wasn't really about Michael.

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The information mainly concerned Milliways and how it worked-KARR found it fascinating and CPU-ache inducing at the same time. "This is the most bizarre thing I have ever heard of," he finally said.

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"You must be reading about Milliways," said Kitt. "I had to write in many acceptance clauses to function there, and while I would quote Max Planck's theorems, I'm afraid that those tend to do more harm than good in car form."

And only after he'd said it did he realise he'd said 'car form.'

Perhaps it wouldn't be caught.

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Michelle, for her part, didn't notice. She was too busy staring at the Milliways information. "How do they- but- I don't-" She threw her hands up in the air. "Never mind the big questions- where are they getting their supplies from?"

"Uh, can I sit down now?"

She waved a hand in the man's direction. "Go ahead, Dr. Stantz. Where did you get this?"

There was a pause.

"Never mind. That was a really stupid question, wasn't it."

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"Car form?" The other KARR sounded blank. "What do you mean?"

[Kitt, I love you. But that isn't going to stop me from hitting you upside the head when we get back,] the Milliways KARR sent.

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"That," Bonnie said, "would depend on whose supplies you're talking about. If you mean ours, the answer is Knight Industries. If you mean Milliways - your guess is as good as mine."

She reached down, wrapping her fingers around Karr's wheel - reassurance for both of them.

"We've already established that there are hefty differences between our realities. How about we start at the beginning and work from there?"

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"What Bonnie said," echoed Kitt. "And when the time comes, I'll demonstrate."

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Ray exhaled, backing away and dropping his hands.

"I meant Milliways," said Michelle. "I don't know if I have any choice but to believe you at this point- so- yeah, the beginning would be a good place to start. Who goes first?"

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Bonnie looked around the lot of them before shrugging. "I'll start, I guess," she said. "But I've got to admit that a lot of Karr's creation was before my time. I'm responsible for the brother over there."

She pointed to Kitt.

"But in our reality, Karr was almost deactivated because of a percieved error on the test track. Kitt was made to replace him. He was partnered to Michael Knight." After a moment's pause, she looked up at the other Karr and driver with a bit of trepidation. "I think you'd know him as Michael Long."

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"I still would like to know what he means by 'car form'."

"If you know him at all," the Milliways KARR said, picking up where Bonnie left off. It seems a lot changes about people from universe to universe-consider myself and your KARR. Judging from the fact that he seems about as a thick a telephone book...well, I think two years underwater made all the difference."

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"Neither one of you are being exactly welcoming," Kitt muttered. But then, making sure that Ray was out of the way, Kitt quietly asked Karr - his brother - to open his passenger door.

"Ray, if you'll step to one side, I'll see to Karr's insistances for a demonstration."

[And you can hit me in the head later if you need.]

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"We can ask them in a-"

The rest of the sentence died as Bonnie's words got through to Michelle.

"Wait. What? Are you sure about that?"

Ray, not sure he liked the sound of the situation, stepped aside immediately at Kitt's words.

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The other KARR revved his engine at the Milliways KARR at the insult. Technically being the same person, it seemed, didn't mean they had to like each other.

[I'll be sure to,] KARR sent back, opening his door. "And yes, she's sure. She's had to work with the idiot on a regular basis."

He'd be damned before he missed an opportunity to insult Michael.

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"Michael is my partner," Kitt agreed. "And I wouldn't have any other. Ray, please step behind Karr's door. I don't want to expose you to any danger."

With those words, he transformed. The black car blurred, shifted, until a young man - rather surprisingly tall - stood where Kitt had been. Black hair, red eyes.

"And I believe this would answer part of your questioning."

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There was a strangled squawk from Michelle's KARR, and for a moment, his scanner flared and went wild, then died out. Then the car sat quietly.

Apparently, Kitt turning into a human was a little much for him.

"...Good lord, Kitt. If you killed him, I might have to run over your foot."

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Michelle stared. Just... stared.

She didn't quite seem to realize that she was resting her hand on KARR's dashboard in a 'please don't die on me' gesture.

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"Karr, give me a scan--" she said quickly, ducking her head inside. "Kitt--"

But she barely had to say a word. Kitt already sat on four wheels, scanner flashing back and forth. "My apologies," he said. "I was answering the question, and should have given some warning."

Bonnie sighed. "Let's hope he's rebooted..."

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