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dead wife and child a secret. Suppressing the memory was no easy task now, since Lexis had nearly become the living embodiment of said dead wife.
     
    “Jason.” Lexis popped up on the car’s Skin.
    “Hi, Lexis.”
    “I just arrived at the base of the Polaris Off World Ring Transportation System…”
    “That’s a lot to chew on, Lexis. Just refer to it as PORTS next time.” Jason had interrupted. Thinking in acronyms he would help teach her to become more human in the use of spoken language.
    “Yes, Jason…can I continue?” irritably she asked.
    “Please, go ahead, Lexis.”
    “Scanning the Chameleon I discovered an anomaly in her dimensions. There is an additive structure that my sensors cannot penetrate. So I did a history inquiry on the new segmentation, and I found that memory had been swiped clean; nothing remains in the data storage base, regarding the anomaly.”
    “What about the diagnostic run regarding the structure?” inquisitively he asked.
    “I could only find the file name, HOVERTECH that I could not access. Subsequently I queried HOVERTECH and they referred to The Office of Polaris Security Services.”
    “That must be part of the security improvement and upgrades. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about but I am going to give Spline’s Office a call.”
    “OK, Jason, I will see you in a while,” Lexis replied before her image disappeared.
    “Query, Aldiss Spline.” Jason spoke to the car’s communications system.
    “Jason, what can I do for you? Is everything alright?” answered Spline.
    “Sir, I have a question about the security upgrades to the Chameleon?”
    “What’s the question?”
    “I can’t access the files regarding the additive structure, and dimensional aspects regarding the ship’s new physical attributes. It’s like part of my ship is being cloaked.”
    “Jason, I cannot go into full detail about the new systems upgrade, due to the security of the technology but trust me, you have the most advanced security system developed.”
    “I was hoping to at least get more information regarding the new mechanical specs of the system.”
    “Sorry about that, Jason. I wish I could help but I am even in the dark on this. Is there anything else?”
    “No, sir.”
    “Semper Fidelis!” Aldiss Spline concluded, and before Jason could reply “Semper Fi” in turn, his image disappeared from the Skin.
     
    “That was a little weird,” he thought regarding Aldiss Spline’s quick retreat from the conversation.
    Peering out at the amazing landscape, the black luxurious electric powered car quietly hummed down the marvelously paved road. Ancient looking green ferns spread out between the massive deciduous redwood-forest trees. Natural moss covered large rock out-cropping that occasionally protruded from the undergrowth in a sculptural fashion.
                  The car jutted around a huge tree next to a hidden driveway when his mind embraced the thought of not having to look at a sea of apartment tenements, public housing, or high-rises found on the descending levels.
    After thirty-five minutes, Jason’s ride slowed to the elevator portal that would take him to the base of the Off World Transportation System.
    Jason hadn’t even stepped one foot out of the car, and although he had only lived there for a short couple of weeks, he was already missing the life he had established.
    However, walking up to the glass elevator, which would take him through the forest canopy and up to the balcony of Level 7’s portal, he knew he was about to embark on a dangerous journey of sorts that would pay for his expensive automobile, new house, DNA upgrade and all the other perks. He was all too well aware of the deal he made with the devil. Insidious as may be, he was willing to fulfill his part of the bargain, and nothing would stop him from accomplishing his goals.
    Being part of something grisly was the nature of the beast, and if he wanted to keep his new