He, She And It
“Then he was rushed immediately to the hospital, a building complex even older than the lab building. The flogging had been far more than a formality. His kidneys were injured—one must be replaced at once—and he had experienced a buildup of toxins. He was unconscious and would remain isolated for ten days to two weeks.The next Shabbat, a message robot appeared at the gate, and Malkah and Shira went to fetch it. Message robots were small self-propelled wheeled vehicles; always a strident yellow, they resembled tiny cannons, barrels on treads. They rode a special car in the tube trains and then continued under their own power. They offered a secure way of delivering messages, since they could be blown up but not decoded by anyone who did not have the correct DNA. This one was programmed only for Malkah’s. She had to feed it an injection of her blood. It would only deliver its message if given living tissue. Hair did not work, nor nail clippings. Ironically, in a fully electronic society ...with everything on computers, the only fully secure channel that could not be hacked into was the little message robot.Shira and Malkah squatted in front of the barrel, while it hummed to itself, verifying Malkah’s DNA.MoreLess
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