JaS / by Keres

‘JaS’ he said, turning to look at her. ‘What’s that?’

‘It’s a Program I wrote for you. Last night when the nurses were done with your surgery, I had Jimmy sneak in to the Operating Room.’ She grinned, ‘You know how Jimmy loves Ops.’

‘And?’

She leaned down and kissed his forehead where the stitches and staples were from surgery. ‘I had him grab a scalpel. I ran background on all the nurses and surgeons, but trusting them ain’t the same as trusting clean up crews and-’

‘I get it,’ he said. ‘Trust No One.’

‘Except you. So I took a little piece of you and I converted my laser. It’s a Quantum Simulator now, not a laser cutter. I have it running background programs through every wifi system on the planet. It’s running surveillance, ops, everything. And it’s backdoor modding your brain and spinal cord.’

A tear formed by his eye.

‘Shuttup,’ she smiled.

He nodded.