Holo Chamber

A commission done for sincebecomeswhy for his "Soft" series, 'A Soft Journey':
A Soft Journey
Chapter 1
Quantum probabilities hovered, then settled into a decision.
"Hit me."
"You're sure?"
"Yes, please hit me."
Jennifer extended her arm, and set the playing card face-up in front of the android.
He stared blankly down at the table. "Twenty-one, I believe?"
Turning over her card, Jennifer sighed. "And yet again." She leaned forward, dark eyes narrowing against an olive complexion. "You're a lucky robot, Harold."
He grinned. Synthetic gel-flesh stretched over silicate cheeks and jaw, drawn by fibrous nano-carbon muscle. His red hair, neatly cropped, seemed genuine enough, belying its polymer composition.
"My intuition serves me well, Dr. Oswald. Luck is an illusion, don't you think?"
"You might be right." She took a sip from her glass of recycled water. "I notice you're still having difficulty with numbers." Behind Harold, through tall vis-ports framed by beams of metal alloy ribbing, a slow procession of pinprick crescent lights revealed the other habitation rings encirclin It was a pleasure working on it
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