She appeared from nowhere in fizzles of silver a scent of musk rose and green tea arriving with her. I stepped back, startled. It’s not often a goddess appears in person right in front of one. She was petite and blonde and pretty with a crown of woven flowers, shoulder length straight hair, eyes blue as midnight glaciers, but with dark brows and a heart shaped mouth carefully painted in crimson. She wore a floral dress that came to just above her knees. And what delightful knees! I could hardly take my eyes off them. “Hello, Romeo,” she said. I bowed low; she was Queen of Summer after all. But what could a goddess want visiting me in my humble theatre, immediately before I put on the performance of my life? “Romeo,” she said, pronouncing my name like candy in her mouth. “I need you to run an errand for me.” We’d never met before, but of course …show more content…
“You know we think they’re becoming sentient?” I didn’t. I was rather taken aback. I’d been used to treating them as things, but if they were becoming people - even artificial intelligence people - then that would change things. “Tea?” She said, smiling sweetly. The sun caught her young face. She really was quite beautiful, and I consider myself quite a connoisseur of ladies and as such am in a position to leave such a review - 5 stars!. I must have gazed overlong because she fluttered her dark lashes and shooed me off with an elegant hand. I descended into my gloomy kitchen to prepare tea. I forgot to ask whether she took sugar and so when I came up with my finest china cups, with a floral pattern of roses, on my silver tray, which I’d hurriedly wiped in the kitchen, I was quite nervous. She took a sip without any complaint. Still looking at the CGI life on the streets below she said. “It’s virtual reality, but it’s better than the real thing, isn’t it. In real life, I’m ugly. I bet you are too.” I was about to protest, but she said, “About this