How to Date an Android

Chapter 13 Part A (revised & reworked)!

Author Note; Please watch for my coming book release for the end of JUNE 2025! This will be an amazing very well put together story. Also it will have strong length and plenty for people who want their book meal to fill them up! 

Chapter 13 Part A

Barbara wants me to call her back today and I've been avoiding her a little bit. It's not that I mean to but I need to figure out what I want. Of course part of me wants to try to flirt and hang out with Barbara, but I need to be sure of what I want so I don't blow the opportunity. She can handle it I think if I tell her no or to go ahead but I would lose for sure if I'm wishy washy too.

"Computer how does the breakdown of different mods look like for the different types of android models of Mellifera?" I asked with my datapad open in voice search mode.

The datapad is programmed for help voice analysis, which isn't unusual. This kind of technology has been around for over thirty years so it's kind of boring to use but useful. But doing the voice response audio computer lets you keep working or doing chores while you have it retrieve information.

"Processing...please wait...processing."

"Carinol has the least number of mods, because it's specs can't handle many of the newer programs. Although they can learn them on their own. Then after that Asca follows closely, then Carilan has the most mods and programs for users to use, with Liga still in development but expected to expected to someday have the most soft mod downloads available for skills and applications. Not much is known about the Liga models since they are so new and advanced; with few users due to the higher price tag. Although oddly enough some people have noticed that even wealthy seem to have trouble acquiring a Liga. There are minor sub set android designs for certain industries such as nursing, mining, or law enforcement available also within each android type. These are classified as sub-sets almost like a separate model by some but are actually like a Type B Carinol or Type C Carilan. Sometimes they have number designations with the letter," a monotone robotic sound reads the text aloud.

That explains why I'd heard a 2B, and a 2C mentioned by the hospital staff androids.

"So Liga doesn't actually have many mods available?" I asked to confirm.

"Search parameter error please rephrase," the datapad responded.

"Screw you too," I said without any real anger or feeling.

"That command is vague and inconclusive, please restate..." the voice responded.

It's kind of a funny reaction.

This happened a lot lately. Its like the computer is glitching.

Corporations had been feeding dummy information into datapad link in internet data and made it sometimes difficult to get straight answers on certain topics. They would attach subterfuge programs to sort of try to 'bend' voice search information. This was probably the case here, and something I'd been worried about. Of course the dummy information would naturally make their product data look more appealing than the other guy's.

The basic idea was that litigation and slick lawyering have made it illegal to do a text based lie, to falsify actual scientific data. But voiced sound data read back by the datapad wasn't recognized as having the same protection yet as actual textual data that uses specific sources, which makes no sense at all. Lying is lying right? It could be argued still that it was some kind of sound encryption error, or listener having poor hearing or being bipolar. Our society still had an incredible number of assholes and idiots that were making decisions over other people.