Part 12
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Frantically, I tried everything I could think of. It didn't help. None of it helped. What was wrong with Amy? It was a full hour of worry later before I thought to try the dialer.
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Thank the Lord, it still worked, somehow.
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Of course LCL was still broken.
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Sometimes Amy's screen was so riddled with interference that it was minutes before the garbage cleared.
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I must have been close to something. I must have been. What did *Delphi know that was so important to protect? If they were AIs...
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I couldn't take that thought any further. It was just too far outside my world to take it seriously.
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Desperately trawling everywhere I knew for a cure, or help, or something, or anything.
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The sun fell out of the sky, dinner came and went, Mama and Papa went to bed, and on I went.
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And then I remembered Rocky. He seemed to know what he was talking about...
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Yes! VRAM overflow! My thoughts exactly! Well, near enough.
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Message to: Rocky
Thank you so much! VRAM overflow has been making my Amie virtually unusable! I've no idea how I started it...and no idea how to sort it out. Can you help? Please say you can help!
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I was a nervous wreck. Pacing up and down in my room, jumping on the bed, jumping off. I tried to draw. It didn't help. I tried to read. I nearly threw the book out of the window. And then.
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I could have kissed him. Whoever he was. It didn't matter. I bashed out some grandiose words of gratitude, and downloaded the attachment.
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I said a quiet prayer. Do machines have souls? Do AIs have souls? Eventually I decided I'd let God work it out.
Please, Amy. Please be better.
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You have to be.
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