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brunette Number Four who responded.
    ‘The transfer completed forty-nine minutes ago. Checksums indicate that the copy is complete. Number Two is upstairs putting the old body into nanostasis. I’m now going through the preliminary integration checks before initiating the support systems and activating the power cell.’
    ‘Al will be coming online?’ Cassandra asked.
    ‘Not yet. These is the very low-level support systems, very basic operating systems. Al is actually a pretty high-level component.’
    ‘Power cell coming up,’ Number Seven stated. ‘Output is stable… Switching over to internal power.’
    There was a soft hiss from within the pod and then the mask popped away from the body’s face and was lifted up toward the ceiling. Behind it was a face which looked exactly like the one Ella was used to seeing, though she still could not see its eyes. She was rather glad of that since she did not want to see them blank and staring.
    ‘Telemetry is all positive,’ Number Four said. ‘Let’s run through the primary and secondary test sequences…’ She looked around at Ella and Cassandra. ‘This is going to take an hour or so.’
    ‘We will let you work in peace,’ Cassandra said.
    ‘Yeah, okay,’ Ella agreed. ‘I’ll go and… design her a swimsuit.’
    ‘Since when does she need one of those?’ Number Seven asked.
    ‘I’ve done everything else,’ Ella replied sullenly.
    ~~~
    Cassandra looked up from the console she was reading and smiled. ‘Al’s awake,’ she said, ‘and they let him connect through.’
    ‘Aneka?’ Ella asked. She was at another console trying to work out what she could shave out of the fabric of a one-piece without destroying its structural integrity.
    ‘They’re keeping her offline while they go through her systems with Al’s help. He sounds… like Al, but faster.’
    ‘Told you.’
    ‘Yes… Oh!’
    ‘What?!’
    ‘He just told me what he wants to do when we’ve got Aneka’s body up to full function. Thankfully, I don’t blush.’
    ‘He’s glad to be alive. It’s natural.’
    ‘Yes, it’s just a shock to hear him say things like that. They’ll be bringing Aneka online in the next thirty minutes. We should go over there.’
    Swimsuit forgotten, Ella was on her feet and running for the door before Cassandra could stand.
    ~~~
    The front of the pod swung out and up, but the figure within remained still and Ella’s heart began to beat a little faster as she waited. Then Aneka’s eyes snapped open and she looked out at the people waiting for her to emerge, and grinned.
    Stepping clear she said, ‘You know, there should really be clouds of steam for me to step out of.’
    Ella grinned; that sounded like Aneka.
    ‘If you’d like to get back in,’ Number Seven suggested, ‘I can arrange for some dry ice…’
    ‘No thanks, this’ll do.’ Aneka took a few more steps, looking a little hesitant. ‘Balance seems okay. I feel… like I did before.’ Another two steps brought her within reach of Ella. She reached out, placed her hands on Ella’s hips, and lifted. ‘Have you lost weight?’ she asked.
    ‘I haven’t eaten much while you were under, but I doubt it,’ Ella replied, wrapping her own arms around Aneka’s neck.
    ‘I must be stronger then.’
    ‘You are,’ Winter stated. ‘Your baseline physical strength is about twenty-five per cent higher, and you now have a very significant emergency boost. War wants to talk to you about your personal weapons, by the way. Given your increase in power, she has designed some… interesting alternatives for you.’
    ‘ After you’ve made sure I’m me,’ Aneka replied. ‘Do I get clothes? Or are you planning to have me walk around naked for days?’
    ‘Nice thought,’ Ella said, ‘but if you put me down I’ll get your new outfit.’
    ‘New outfit?’
    ‘Gillian suggested I keep myself occupied. I redesigned your entire wardrobe.’
    There was the now almost obligatory Ultraskin leotard. This time