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A door opens in the side of the old Hook and Ladder No. 8 building, and Ray stepped through. Holding the door open, he gestured for the others to follow him into the alley.

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[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

Bonnie chuckled. "Believe me, it takes a while for most of us to get used to it. By far. Read some Maxwell Planck. It might help."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

"I would prefer it if you avoided 2001, though. Please." He wasn't in the mood for sci fi at the moment.

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"I'm not gonna sit still for a three hour long movie that doesn't have any dialogue whatsoever for twenty minutes at a stretch, KARR." Michelle wrinkled her nose. "And I hear the end is one long acid trip anyway."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

"I would just like to not hear the 'Daisy' song for awhile."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

Bonnie chuckled. "You two have it out on the road," she said. "You have a good reason to retreat and I think you should, before suddenly three weird cars catch some unspeakable attention."

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"... yeah, you're probably right," Michelle said. "Okay, then. We'll be in touch..."

She patted KARR's roof lightly before reaching for the door.

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

"Goodbye," Michelle's KARR said as the door swung open a bit for her.

"Goodbye, and for god's sake, don't get yourselves caught if the drone thing doesn't work," the Milliways KARR said. "It would be emabrassing and dangerous."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

"And contact us if you need us," Bonnie nodded.

"Take care," added Kitt, and Bonnie made her way over to her own Karr's driver's side door.

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"Trust me, I don't like the idea of spending any more time with the boys from Nonesuch than I absolutely have to," Michelle said. She paused for waves to the others, including Dr. Stantz, and then swung into the driver's seat with the door shutting behind her.


"Well," said Ray, who had settled in with Kitt. "That adds an entirely new dimension to my world that I hadn't anticipated. Funky."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

Michelle's KARR backed up and turned, his scanner flahsing rapidly from side to side. "I think once we find somewhere safe, I am going to go hide for awhile."

Bonnie's KARR opened the door, his scanner moving steadily as he thought. "I think this cures any curiousity I might've had about alternate universes."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

"It's... very interesting," Kitt agreed, though he was still a bit bruised at the idea of Michelle instead of Michael. He wanted his own partner back.

Bonnie nodded. "I think I agree," she said and climbed in, seating herself. Then, over the shared channel between the cars she asked, "Are you ready to head back, Ray?"

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"Yup," Ray said. "Let's head on out."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

"Good. Let's get back to Milliways, then. I think drinking to the point of forgetfulness might be a good idea." He turned and began to drive off, his scanner still moving steadily.

[Are you going to be all right?]

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

Kitt turned to follow and was otherwise very quiet - except in saying, [I'm not sure,] to his brother. [Maybe after I speak to Michael.]

"It's been wild, Ray," said Bonnie.

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Ray smiled. "Sorry for any of the distress I might've contributed to," he said. "But I'm glad you guys got to settle that question- and to think I actually live in a world where AI, real, self-aware AI is genuinely possible! Wow! Thank you for getting me into this..."

Ray, it has been noted, has a tendency to latch onto one aspect of a situation at times.

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

[I'd suggest youa pproahc the subject carefully. That was bizarre.]

"Do you think you'll be running into them again?"

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

[I don't think I'll approach the subject at all,] admitted Kitt. [I think I may just... be near him for a while to settle my mind.]

"That's a question all of us are asking," Bonnie murmured.

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"I wouldn't be too surprised," Ray said. "Stranger things happen in my world every single day."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

"I worry about the Kitt here," said Bonnie with an audible sigh. "I really do."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

[Won't he eventually bring it up?]

"I worry about him and the alternate me. I'd hate to think of how that other KARR reacts to those stranger things. If just seeing Kitt change hurt him, then...well, it's probably best if he avoids ghosts."

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"If he and Michelle run into any kind of spectral trouble, I'll do whatever I can to help them stabilize things until I can get back to Milliways and get hold of you guys," Ray promised. "I'm no programmer, but I can at least provide viable scientific backing for the worst of it, if that helps at all."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

"You also have a CPU in Ecto that he can be directed to tap into for support if he needs it," said Bonnie. "That is, if Ecto's not using it."

[prototype-karr.livejournal.com]

"Any updates on that, by the way? You haven't mentioned anything lately about her."

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Ray stared out of Kitt's windshield for a while.

"I haven't felt anything temperature-wise," he said at last. "But she's been... I don't know how to describe it. Lately, I think she's been anticipating my moves, as if she knew exactly how I was going to steer or which way I would need her to go- and the last few times I'm almost certain I hadn't started to make those adjustments myself. I didn't want to say anything, because I wasn't sure- and nothing ruins a good mood like jumping to conclusions about stuff like that."

"But for all that I used to say she was taking good care of me... I really think she is, now. I can't quite prove it, not just yet, but I think we've got something going on."

[not-a-surgeon.livejournal.com]

"Be careful of just how much of ... of a something that is," said Bonnie quietly. "I don't know what kind of partnership drive she'd have, if any, but I know these boys have it strong."

"Don't we ever," Kitt muttered.