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(NOTE: "Glory" is the ship's AI system)

And then Glory's voice, "Hutch?"

"Yes, Glory?"

"Are you leaving, now?"

"Yes."

"You won't be back?"

"No, Glory, I won't be back."

"Would you shut me off?"

I mean, Jesus... Talk about an unexpected impact. I don't recall the AI's in the first book as being considered self-aware, but... it made me sad.