The host closed the formal program by directing everyone to the building beside the hospital, where the after-banquet was already set with food and drinks.As the announcement landed, the crowd began to shift in that direction in loose groups, conversations still turning over the live scans. Miguel and Lawrence stayed behind with the assigned team to walk the ten Exodus units into the hospital and place each one in its department, and once they had peeled off I fell into step with Viktoria, matching the slower pace she set without making a point of it, while Alicia kept a few steps back the way she always did in public.We talked as we walked. Her breathing was a little short, so I shortened my stride again before I brought up the next subject.“I’ve been thinking about personal units,” I said. “Not the hospital fleet. Assigned Medbots for patients who need someone, something, at their side full time. Keller could offer them directly.”Viktoria glanced at me, th
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