Page 29 of Accounting for Taste

Jayjay clung to her as they passed a team of archaeologists, who looked at her curiously.

Walking into a pyramid that folks actually lived in felt strange.

Harwin asked, “Reem, did you ever see the pyramids?”

Reem said, “I don’t know.I think so.”

Jayjay said, “She did.A bunch.She was stationed in the Middle East for a while.”

“I was?”

“You were.You were a helicopter pilot, and you worked with a number of charities out there to get supplies and equipment out to places where bikes and trucks couldn’t go.”

“Interesting.”

“You really don’t remember?”

“My brain was sliced horizontally.It does a number on recall.”

Jasmine clutched at her.

They walked to a restoration unit, and Ra typed at it.“It is set for analysis only.”

Reem checked and said, “So, I should just get in?”

Ra nodded.“Yes.”

She moved to the unit and settled.She closed her eyes, and the humming started.The light was focused on her head for the most part, but her abdomen felt warmth.Reem linked to the machine and found out what it was looking for.How peculiar.It was looking for traces of Hmrain DNA.What was funnier was that it found two strains, one in her genes and one in her implant.

Ra opened the unit, and she met his gaze.He smiled.“You know.”

“There are things I know and things I feel.This is something that I know.”

He helped her out of the unit and nodded.The machine was whirring to try and figure out a way to remove the implant.It was literally brain surgery.

Chapter Six

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