Behind the Green Door

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Miranda has been different since she returned from the last reset. He had invoked the subcode by using the codeword, but there was something a little odd.

Has management got around this code and made her work harder to get information out of him. They have adopted a different tack, saying they want to turn his detective methods into a course to be taught to new detectives.

The same trick to get him to discuss the same cases on a different level.

Michael had thought if she was able to think for herself she might see the futility in her approach.

And given the discussions they have had about the definition of companion, Michael has said straight up he was not looking for that sort of companion, and that one of the reasons was that she was a lot younger than him, and the age difference bothers him.

Aside from the fact that he did not want to denigrate the memory of the real Elsie by being with her, and the fact that if she had a choice she would not be that sort of a companion anyway. The fact she seems puzzled at times tells him her programming is not right, and tries to tell her she has choices like any other woman has, robot or not.

He discovers in a roundabout way she has feelings and they can be hurt, she can have teary eyes, and, of course, this leads to a perceived standoff where she just ignores him.

He thinks then perhaps she is more like a real woman because Elsie used to do the same thing to him when she was mad at him.

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