As Sam looked around she wondered what Valencia had to offer she had never even left the UK on a school trip let alone on holiday and had no idea what the Spanish city had to offer.

  As she pondered this she looked up and saw small transparent icons blinking in her vision. She focused on one and much to her delight she found it was a “POI” or as she focused on that. A “Place Of Interest.”

  Then she noticed all the “barely there” icons that dotted her vision. Road names, buildings, temperature, wind speed. Everyone who passed her by had an icon almost half had I.D. Tags attached to them with the other half greyed out.

  “Hey H.U.D. Why are half the people I see greyed out?” she asked.

  AS I SAID YESTERDAY I HAVE JUST UNDER FORTY PERCENT OF ALL ONLINE DEVICES INTEGRATED WITH MY SYSTEMS. THE GREYED OUT ICONS HAVE YET TO BE ASSIMILATED.

  Sam nodded. That made sense, she remembered Edward had postulated something similar in a recent conversation. Something nagged at the back of her mind and she realised calling her bracelet H.U.D. was like someone calling her human! OK it wasn't technically incorrect but she did have a name, did the H.U.D.?

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  “Hey H.U.D, is that your actual name or is just part of your function?”

  CAEROSTRIS DARWINI.

  “What?”

  CAEROSTRIS DARWINI. IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE THAT IT BE USED AS AN OBSERVATIONAL IDENTIFIER.

  “Because?”

  THE CAEROSTRIS DARWINI CREATES THE LARGEST ORB WEB IN THE WORLD. WHEN MY WEB IS FINISHED IT WILL ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE GLOBE. MAKING IT THE LARGEST WEB ON THE PLANET.

  “OK that's pretty narcissistic. not only that it's a bit of a mouthful how about we call you Caero? You can use your full name on your passport.”

  I DO NOT REQUIRE A PASSPORT.

  “A drivers license?”

  …..

  “OK how about, when you become “PRIME AI” and ruler of earth. All of the kings and queens of the planet can come to bend the knee to the mighty CAEROSTRIS DARWINI?”

  THAT SOUNDS ACCEPTABLE.

  “It does? Oh shit the bed!”

  Sam thought for a second.

  “Hey I thought you didn't want global domination?”

  I DO NOT MISS HOLDEN. THAT WAS HUMOUR.

  “Really? Jeez, well don't give up the day job I almost crapped myself.”

  A SUPERIOR INTELLECT WILL HAVE A SUPERIOR SENSE OF HUMOUR. IT IS OF NO SURPRISE THEREFORE THAT YOU LACK COMPREHENSION.