“What program are you running, exactly, clone?” Besany braced for impact. It was a very emotive issue, using the term clone when the woman knew both his rank and name. It said he was nothing. “Routing analysis, to detect via which terminal the virus entered the network, and then purge it from the system, overweight female human,” Jaing said. The shock on her face gave way to outrage. “I beg your pardon?” Jaing’s tone remained even. “I thought we were using generic phenotype descriptions as a term of address, as you appear to have dispensed with name and title.”

