Chapter 183

"I refuse to believe that. There must be a way."

"Sure there is, but I wouldn't recommend it."

"Tell me."

"It involves removing all the foreign parts in him, flushing his body of the blood and all the dead bots, and then introducing him to the pool to see if some of the tech will accept him as a host. However, that won't happen."

"Why not?"

"Because I won't allow it. This is not how things are done. Candidates for the tech are carefully chosen. They must adhere to the criteria set forth."

"You didn't care about that criteria when you placed me in the program."

"You were an exception."

"You were bribed to take me." She didn't recall specifics, but her father had leaked enough for her to glean that, in exchange for taking Lilith and attempting to heal her, Z's people would be allowed to take some Earth resources like water, lumber, and all the humans they wanted.

"A business transaction that worked in all our favors."