Heh, we actually banned self-driving cars in my world, so civilian robots are a no-go too for the foreseeable future.
(@rayko) They held up better than expected. Whole population had Stockholm Syndrome and fought back. Would have ended in stalemate if it weren't for a couple well-timed assassinations and a hell of a lot of propaganda.
I thought it'd be like that. How'd China feel?
-she swims over to him- Hehehe, yeah- it is a bit cold isn't it? But yeah- we'll get used to it!
-she takes a swim underwater for a bit, ending up at the other end of the pool with a wave-
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postFair enough.
Still... so does that mean Korea's unified, or are they still just two separate countries?
-giggles a little- Not too bad!
Meet you at the bottom of the deep end? -she says as she starts deliberately letting herself sink a little-
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postOh yeah, I can imagine.
-she's gone deep, down to the floor of the pool where she's faux-lying down on the bottom all relaxed and on her side looking at Greg-
-she brought swimming goggles it seems-
-a small smirk on her face-
-seems very relaxed, before she starts swimming up and towards him to bring him back to the surface-
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post-laughs a bit, before nudging him in the shoulder a little- I told you I was quick!
-grins, her cheeks a little red too-
-then her smile drops a little- Do you- feel that?
I'm getting- a weird- buzzing in my head...
-as she says that, something seems to be buzzing inside Greg's head too-
Yeah. As I can imagine.
Still... yeah.
-to Allen- Neither of us can really ignore what goes on in the wider world.
Me, because it's important for my job.
I don't want to go to a place where it's a police state.
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this postMmm... I mean- my childhood was basically all stationary in the same place.
Though- I did go to Istanbul during High School.
But that wasn't planned, and it wasn't because of my parents.
-wistfully- ... Man that was a wild night.
Yeah- it's getting- ow... -starts to lean against the side of the pool- That- it's getting hard to think...
-Greg notices some sort of black, formless thing with two eyes, both of which have three pupils, snaking around on the ceiling, as it gets closer the buzzing intensifies-
1.5 imperial gallons of tea were consumed during the writing of this post

Here, come on, I'll show you!
-Switches it on-
-it's NGE but all the serial numbers filed off-