Sprite began to walk again, but the old woman would not leave her alone.

“Why you want hub so bad?” Mioko asked.

“It was up for auction,” Sprite said. “I wanted to buy it.”

“But you no here for auction. You here for Scotty. Why you buy hub?”

“I’m interested in AI, all right? It’s an older piece, yeah, but I usually find myself working with junk anyway, so some older hardware can help that old junk talk to each other. This is your auction, Mioko. Don’t you know what you’re selling?”

“I only care building. Product not my worry.”