He could hear Reva get off the bed and walk around to face him. “If there’s a coldness in me, you put it there.”
“You always used that tactic, blaming everything on me. Some things are your fault, too, you know.”
“Not this time, Birk, not this time. I’m just a creature of your mind, a compilation of your memories, dreams, and desires. I function the way I’m programmed to. If there’s any coldness in me at all, it’s because you put it there.”
Birk was shaking his head in astonishment. “That’s not it You’ve got it wrong. That’s not it at all.”
“That’s exactly it, and you know it.” Reva stepped closer to him, forcing herself into his personal space. “You’re the one who detected the coldness; you’re the one who makes me act the way I do.”
“This is ridiculous,” Birk said, starting to turn a
