“Danger is imminent Alexia Hale,” AIDE commented.
“Define imminent.”
“Imminent.”
“Helpful. Are people going to die right now if I don't go outside?”
“You have time to exit your dwelling.”
“Can I take a sandwich and eat it on the way.”
“Calculating…. Probability likely.”
“Is anyone actually in danger?”
“Calculating proximity to human and/or flora and fauna within facility… Calculations project no.”
“So why are you telling me danger is imminent?’
“Because electroshock and static electricity can be dangerous in the correct form and function.”
“AIDE… If nothing that can be harmed is in danger of being harmed, I don't need to know about weather.”
“Understood Alexia.”
Kyper didn't return to the room and I kept looking at something on the tablet trying to understand why they had a protocol for knife wielding rabbits, when rabbits didn't even have opposable thumbs.
Someone screamed down the hall.
“AIDE… Please tell me that wasn't an emergency?”
“It was weather Alexia Hale.”
“In the facility?”
“Confirmed,” came the electronic reply. I pinched the bridge of my nose.
“AIDE, weather inside the facility counts as an emergency,” I said.
“Protocols updated, will now include indoor weather to the alert system.”
“I better go see who is hurt,” I muttered and got up. I headed out the door and down toward the direction of the scream.
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