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Kit rolled his eyes and decided to let the distant unborn future of electronics fend for itself. тАЬYou just
behave,тАЭ he said to the remote, тАЬor youтАЩre gonna wind up in the Cuisinart.тАЭ

He walked out of the living room, ignoring the indignant shrieks of wounded ego from the remote. This
had been only the latest episode in a series of almost constant excitements lately, which had begun when
his dad broke down after years of resistance and decided to get a full-size entertainment center. It was
going to be wonderful when everything was installed and everything worked. But in the meantime, Kit
had become resigned to having a lot of learning experiences.

From the back door at the far side of the kitchen came a scratching noise: his dog letting the world know
he wanted to come back in. The scratching stopped as the door opened. Kit turned to his pop, who had
just come into the dining room again, and handed him the remote. тАЬI think itтАЩs fixed now,тАЭ he said. тАЬJust
do this from now on: Instead of using this button to bring the system up, the one the manual tells you to,
press this, and then this.тАЭ He showed his pop how to do it.

тАЬOkay. But why?тАЭ

тАЬThey may not remember the little talking-to I just gave themтАФit depends on how the system resets
when you turn it off. This should remind themтАжI hardwired it in.тАЭ

тАЬWhat was the problem?тАЭ

тАЬSomething cultural.тАЭ

тАЬBetween the remote and the DVD player?! But theyтАЩre both Japanese.тАЭ

тАЬLooks like itтАЩs more complicated than that.тАЭ There seemed to be no point in suggesting to his pop that
the universal remote and the DVD were both unsatisfied with their active or passive modes. Apparently
doing what you had been built to do was a prospect no more popular among machines than it was among
living things. Everything had its own ideas about what it really should be doing in the world, and the
more memory you installed in the hardware, the more ideas it seemed to get.

Kit realized how thirsty all this talking to machinery had made him. He went to the fridge and
rummaged around to see if there was some of his momтАЩs iced tea in there. There wasnтАЩt, only a can of
the lemon soft drink that Nita particularly liked and that his mom kept for her.

The sight of it made Kit briefly uncomfortable. But neither wizardry nor friendship was exclusively
about comfort. He took the lemon fizz out, popped the canтАЩs top, and took a long swig. Neets? he said
silently.

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Yeah, she said in his mind.

There wasnтАЩt much enthusiasm there, but there hadnтАЩt been much enthusiasm in her about anything for
some weeks. At least it wasnтАЩt as bad for her now as it had been right after her motherтАЩs funeral. But