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ALi(CE)
Date: 5/30/2016, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: Annamagique
... liberally coated. As her hand disappeared between my legs for the final time I leaned forwards and kissed her soft red lips. She returned my kiss but I knew there was no feeling there and I allowed her to continue. At last, she was done and I stood up and stepped from the oily water and remained still while she dried me with a big white fluffy towel. I preferred that method after such an occasion, it felt more intimate somehow than being air dried. I began to feel sad as I walked back to the bedroom. Isha followed behind me. “Do you wish anything else, Anna?” she asked. I didn't answer her but just slowly shook my head. I watched her pick up her sari and get dressed once again As she turned to leave I stopped her. “Isha...” “Yes Anna?” she replied, turning back to me. “Thank you.” “You are welcome. Happy birthday, Anna.” she repeated and passed through the open doorway. I sat down down on the edge of the bed and a small tear began to form. It rose in my eye until it flowed over the lid and dripped down my cheek. I felt so lonely. I had been alone on Mars for ten years now, monitoring the mining systems. The company had made every effort to help me feel at home but it wasn't the same. My room was nice but it was all fake, the scene from the window was a screen which was designed to make it seem that I was at home on earth. You may think I should be happy with Alice and Isha but sadly, they are not real either. There names are acronyms. Alice is the computerised voice of the Automated Living, (Closed Environment) life support system that kept me alive so far from home and Isha? She is the Integrated Systems Humanoid Assistant, designed to grant my every need and desire. She was indeed almost perfect but still, even in twenty-one-fourteen the designers have not yet perfected emotional response. At that moment I made a decision. I made up my mind finally, that it was now time to return home...