Chapter 5-4
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“Maybe we’ll get to sleeping with each other in another place and another time,” Peyton said snidely, venting his sarcasm.
“Highly doubtful, but not an unpleasant thought—even now that you hate me,” Kyra said softly, walking to stand close to the bars.
Regret and loss sat heavy in her chest, but she couldn’t let it change things. She took a deep breath and started the assimilation.
“Code Alfa78904. Resume Creator Reboot of Peyton 313. Voice authorization: Kyra Winters, Doctor of Cybernetics, Creator 2 of 2. Run cybernetic data records synchronization. Adjust speed of assimilation to be as slow as possible. Sleep mode is recommended while the process completes.”
Peyton grunted as he fell down flat on the bed, immediately obeying the cybernetic commands shutting down his consciousness.
Kyra gripped the bars and sniffed as tears fell again. What more proof did she need that she was doing the right thing? The man in the cage was still a cyborg and would always be one in some ways. His instant compliance with the creator commands proved it conclusively. She only felt guilty because she had shown Peyton what it could be like living as mostly human again.
Pulling herself wearily away from the bars, Kyra choked back the sob clogging her throat. If this worked, Peyton would become the first of his kind. If it didn’t ... well she’d just tackle that problem in the morning. At the slowest speed, full synchronization would take at least nineteen hours. To face what Peyton would become was going to take all her fortitude. She couldn’t handle it without rest.
“Fight for us all one more time, Captain Elliot. Find a way to be both human and cyborg. No matter how much you hate me, I promise I’ll help you if you just stay with me and try.”
She couldn’t understand Peyton’s reply as he mumbled something, but it meant a lot to her that her voice could penetrate his cybernetic sleep.
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