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The driverless car drives itself to the hosp—to the Medical Facility. Come on, Max . “You’ve been reading too much.” Cathy. Cathy is my wife and I love her. “Mmm.” “Hello in there—Max? You. Reading. Too much. Again.” I put my book down and I look sideways at her. She’s reclining in the passenger seat next to me. She is my wife and I love her. “I’m reading about Earth.” She scoffs. “Max. Come on. It’s not real.” “What do you mean?” I slide my hand under her hand on her stomach. “It’s not real, that.” She gestures. “What’s real is this.” She squeezes. “Here. Now. Us.” Under my palm I feel the material, the cool synth without texture. What she wants me to feel is the warmth of her skin beneath the lifeless synth and also the life we’ve made together. I think. But what I feel is…well, an entirely a different matter. “You keep reading about the Earth but this isn’t the Earth. It isn’t real. Not to us.” She is, of course, pushing my buttons. I know this. It is understandable. My hand is on