Ron is regarding me; reluctantly he holds out his hand. Well, good to see you again, Ryan. It’s Ry. Just Ry. Not short for Ryan? Ry is short for Mary. Ron falls silent while he processes this fact. The thing about humans is that we process information at different speeds, depending on the human, depending on the information. In some ways machines are easier to deal with. If I had just told machine intelligence that I am now a man, although I was born a woman, it wouldn’t slow up its processing speed. You’re a woman, then? says Ron. No, Ron. I am a hybrid. My name is Ry. You’re a bloke, then?
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