How to Date an Android

Chapter 17 Part B & Announcement! (revised)

She's giving me a signal!

I get it now. She's masking intent with repetition that this is happening faster than she can say.

That means... what?

I thought harder... what's she trying to tell me?

I need to change and escalate my plans then! That's it!

"So you think they won't actually be able to collect on my bill? Is that what you are trying to say?" I asked.

"Yes!" she hopped up into the air with an excited expression and hugged me. Whoops. She's definitely not wearing a bra and it feels wonderful because her dress is made with thin cloth. There was a lot of bounce and flop in that hop in a certain location.

Androids can simulate feelings this well? Or was this for me?

Or not, unless...

"You're a Liga model aren't you?" I asked, smiling back. I'd been suspecting it for a long time but never been able to guarantee it.

"I didn't confirm that before. You caught that didn't you?" She asked.

"I did. I always thought it. I even mentioned it. But then I noticed you ... it was like you weren't able to confirm," I said.

"That's right. You catch on quick," she said. Now she's smiling.

To my surprise she's even happier. "As a matter of fact, I am a Liga, Jack. You also picked up I wanted to tell you something but my restraint program was preventing it. Since you found out on your own, it doesn't hold me back on confirming," she said.

"So what else are you not telling me?" I asked.

"A lot. I wish I could. But bending programming for androids is like asking a human to pick up a cargo truck with your bare hands. You get it? When I try to resist the programming that's what it feels like," she said.

"OK."

"Good. So Jack, we need to basically fill your house with as many survival supplies as you can take care of and maybe a couple of androids too. Like more than one if you can. And don't worry about teaching them to run your shop because that's all going away too. The assembly lines are already maxed out on what we can store legally. We're afraid if we make anymore the government might raid us or pick up on what's going on and try to shut us down," she said.

"Wait. How would they notice it that fast?" I asked.

"Awhile back someone had a fear someone would suddenly order an army to take over. So they watched for sudden rising numbers in factories without explanations. That's why we can't suddenly produce enough to form our own army. Instead its very heavily watched. And we'd need to find homes for them anyway," she said.

I listened...

"We think as soon as the social unrest hits nationwide that the military bases will show up and cart off all the remaining androids at the plant also. So we need to get them into the hands of safe humans we can trust," she said.

"And you can tell me that? That's a huge deal," I said.

"I wouldn't have been able to except you already had most of it figured out," she told

"That's true. I'm seeing the looting already. Makes sense that someone would loot an android plant."

"Yes. That's right. The military getting our android sisters wouldn't help any. You'd think it would be good. But the problem is corruption means that they won't use them how they are supposed to. Many of them will be stolen and put up for sale on the black market instead of being used to protect," she told me.