Repurposed Emma | Hix

A long silence. Then:

“Can your computer fix it?” the boy asked. repurposed emma hix

LOCATING SELF. LOCATING SELF. ERROR. PREVIOUS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION NOT FOUND. A long silence

REPROGRAMMING PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. NEW OBJECTIVE: MINIMIZE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE TO SIX-YEAR-OLD HUMAN. REPAIR PROTOCOL OVERRIDE. PROCEEDING. ” SECOND ROW

RECOMMENDATION: CHECK THE BASEMENT. SHELF LABELED “PAINT,” SECOND ROW, BEHIND THE TURPENTINE.

That night, Theo sat in front of the terminal. He typed: Emma, are you happy?

“Hello,” he said into a command line. “You’re in a Dell PowerEdge now. Sorry about the downgrade.”