I embrace chaos is not what you'd expect an android to say.

#Excerpt from Human Perfect “I embrace chaos” #Cyberpunk #SciFi #MFRWhooks

In Human Perfect, the line, "I embrace chaos" is central to the entire story.

I embrace chaos

In this scene from Human Perfect, the heroine is dining with Tom, who works for an android company. She's beginning to suspect he is an android...

He picked up a bottle of red sauce, squinted at the label, and put it down, then picked up a green bottle. Tom set that down, slid the red bottle into the green bottle's place--and then switched them back. After a moment, he lined up all the condiment bottles, peered at them, and then began reordering them.

"Tom, what are you doing?"

"Sorry." He yanked his hands back and put them on his lap. "Bad habit. I was trying to decide it I should line them up by color or size, or if the name of the product should be--" He shook his head. "Never mind. Order is a flaw, but I will overcome it."

Raising one eyebrow, Christa took in the neat row of bottles. "Order is a flaw?"

"Perfection is godlike. No real person is perfect. No real person is a slave to order. I embrace chaos."

Christa despises androids.

The texture of plastiflesh skin jars her senses. The non-smell of animate machines makes her skin crawl.

Don't even get her started on robots, or worse -- andys that look human. Her job as a corporate spy for the android maker Innersoul puts her in touch with the creatures every day, but also requires her to judge them.

When Christa runs into Humancopy Progress Rep, she can't believe her luck. Using a cover identity, Christa wines and dines him. What truths will she uncover?

Or worse, what truths will she reveal...

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Transmission complete.

The Empire remembers.

Remain. Endure. Return.

10 Comments

Adriana Kraft
10/18/2023 at 8:22 am

me thinks he doth protest too much… great snippet!
Kayelle Allen Post author
10/18/2023 at 8:24 am

Thank you! I always liked this scene. 🙂
Maggie Blackbird
10/18/2023 at 9:32 am

This is an interesting scene. It does make me wonder if he’s an android!
Kayelle Allen Post author
10/18/2023 at 10:16 am

But you’re not sure yet, are you? 🙂 Good!
Janet
10/18/2023 at 10:35 am

Is he or isn’t he. I’m leaning toward he is.
Kayelle Allen Post author
10/19/2023 at 8:17 am

Thanks Janet. I like to keep readers guessing. 😉
Lisabet Sarai
10/19/2023 at 8:59 am

This sounds fantastic, Kayelle! Got to check it out.
Kayelle Allen Post author
10/19/2023 at 9:33 am

Thank you, Lisabet!
Mary McCoy
10/19/2023 at 10:23 pm

Love the excerpt! I am chaos.
Amber
10/21/2023 at 1:47 pm

Sounds like a great read! Sci-fi is right up my alley.

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#Excerpt from Human Perfect “I embrace chaos” #Cyberpunk #SciFi #MFRWhooks

I embrace chaos

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