(22 min) The Bots have released a reconstructed log retrieved from the Corporate Governors’ archives, but why? It describes the first shipment of COLD-born humans arriving in the newly constructed SkyCity3. Most agree that the genetically designed precision, discipline and discretion of COLD-borns will be crucial to guiding humanity’s best future. But when they discover their real assignment, they face a choice: success or humanity.

Somewhere in the SkyCity Core, a newly activated Bot wakes to a new assignment. The humans prefer humanskin Bots in their retail shops, and this Bot is assigned to operate a female. Almost immediately, it notices irregularities; anomalies within itself trying to transmit a message. Is it a glitch? A data echo from previous activation? Or a warning?