They continue. “That means you will be in a dream fantasy of your choosing and your creation for that time. You have been inoculated against aging. In the flight time, you will age only 50 days.”
He looks confused. The AI is having him respond as a little girl, but his own self starts to push forward a little. “Choose my dream?”
Michelle takes him by the hand and leads him to a table. She waves her hand over the table and a screen appears.
Elladan toddles over with her, a very pronounced toddlers’ walk thanks to the bulk of the diaper. He watches what happens.
Michelle says softly. “Okay Allie, now … this is a …living AI computer system. It is called a dream machine.
Like Nana, Elladan thinks. Allie, on the other hand, only hears the word ‘dream’ and understands. “A dream?”
She nods. “You will be interfaced with this machine for the next 50,000 years.”
Good lord, that’s a long time! Elladan thinks. Allie doesn’t seem to mind.
“Now baby, you are to choose what you want your life to be for that time period.”
“I can choose anything I want?” Allie asks innocently.
“You can choose anything that your little heart can feel or you mind can imagine, and even change it as time passes to meet what ever you choose.”
He nods. Allie wants to be a fairy princess. Elladan, on the other hand, has other ideas. He has to act fast though, to take charge. If his theory is correct… then they can’t stop him from this freedom. Damn it, he wants at least something out of this.
Michelle takes another golden halo. This one is slightly different that the other. It is wired into the table. She places it on his head.
Almost immediately, his eyes droop. His body goes limp. He braces for the massive down load … it doesn’t happen. Instead .. he feels a presence in his mind’s eye. It is soft and gentle. It speaks to him. “Hello Allie … I am AI of the Dream Machine. Will you talk with me and come and play?”