B ridget and Steven were trudging through the foothills outside Garack’s Spine. The floating video window showed the area from Bridget’s point of view. Steven wasn’t much help, it appeared. He kept looking up , while Bridget kept looking down . I predicted a very short professional relationship. Steven was already agitating for an interview with ANEC. I smiled at the thought. Dr. Gilligan was very Bob-like in a lot of ways. He was one of the few post-Earth replicants, what Bill called ex-humans , whom I knew and wanted to stay in contact with.