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AKG49’s timer went off. His body changed from resting mode to active. He could see the east side of the capsule brightened. He had a dream last night. Or maybe we should say, he remembered his dream.

Dr. Chang gave him a pendant. It had a round silver with a piece of jade in the middle.

“Keep this my friend. When you see my wife and daughter, they will know who you are.”

“Where will I find them?” AKG49 asked.

“You don’t have to. You will meet.”

“Tell me more!”

“That is enough for now.” Dr. Chang said.

AKG49 got up. The blinking light at the power source showed 28.

Twenty-eight days. Or in robot world, twenty-eight cycles of twenty-four hours. Or in the new world, it did not matter. There was no concept of time. There would still be sunrise and sundown, but time that was invented by the human world ceased to exit.

His capsule and battery was designed by Dr. Chang. AKG49 still needed to meet that limitation of time and battery life. AKG49 headed out again to the strip. He knew that aside from finding another power source, he needed to find the wife and daughter of Dr. Chang.