"Confirmed, Officer Yu. Be advised the costs of this call are being deducted from your designated credit balance. Now please provide evidence of said kidnapping charge." The MI’s voice was calm, well mannered, and sounded utterly human. Even now, a year since the switch, Alice found it hard to believe she was talking to a foot-square brass cube in a refrigeration tank. A cube that consisted of trillions of nanoscopic gears, rods, and pulleys thrashing away to create a believable simulation of the human consciousness.