2023/132: Mazarin Blues — Al Hess

2023/132: Mazarin Blues — Al Hess

I was only a navigator, and no amount of love I showered on Reed would make up for the fact that I wasn’t human. I wasn’t even real. [p. 161]

Reed Rothwell dislikes many things: people, bland decor, AI -- and especially the new beta upgrade of his state-mandated AI 'navigator', which seems to have developed a personality: it's decided that it wants to be called Mazarin, adopted 'he/him' pronouns, and claims to want to alleviate Reed's anxiety. Which is no small task.

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