He glanced at her.“Declan’s AI is too big of a program to be controlled by a cell-phone signal.”
“But not a satellite signal,” Mystique said.She glanced at Nim.“I don’t know why we didn’t think of that.G5.It connects to satellites.And then the signal is sent from the low-orbit satellite to the computer.Or dog, as it were.”
“Someone was sending the inputs via cell phone,” Emberly said.
“They wouldn’t even have needed to be on-site,” Mystique.
“Except Luiswason-site.I saw him.Or at least I thought so.”Stein scrubbed his hands down his face.He did look tired.
“Okay, well, in other good news,” Nim said, “I found the back door to Axiom and gave Declan the information.He’s tidying it up.”
“And,” Mystique added, “the virus worked.We downloaded it and deployed it successfully.What we need to do is add it as a component to every AI program.A simple command could self-destruct the system.”
“The other good news is that we have Tomas,” Shep said.“And Logan is developing a task force to hunt for Alan Martin.It’s time he was caught.”
“And Luis?”
Mystique made a wry face.
“Luis is in the wind,” said Shep.
“We’ll find him,” Nimue added.“I’m looking.”
“Don’t worry about Luis.”Mystique set a hand on Emberly’s arm, squeezed.“Now, will you please take some serious time off?This was too close.”
Oh.
“Okay then.”Mystique looked at Steinbeck.“You need some sleep.”
Stein nodded.“I can’t wait to get out of here and get home.”
Shep shook his hand as he and Mystique headed out.
Emberly swallowed.Looked at Nim.“Any news on your house?”
“Other than that the insurance is completely ripping me off?No.”
Emberly sighed.“So I guess it’s back to Lisbon?—”
“Are you kidding me?”
She looked at Stein, who’d leaned forward, anger on his face.Oh no.She’d seen this before.“What?”
“You’re not going back to Lisbon.”
“I live in Lisbon.”
“You haven’t lived in Lisbon for the better part of a year.”
“I like Lisbon.”
“I don’t care if Lisbon is your favorite place on the entire planet, you’re not going there.”His mouth made a tight line.
“You’re not the boss of me.”
“Really?I think maybe I am, there, partner.”
“We’re not...”But she closed her mouth.
