Prologue.
"We have a problem."
Agent Smith heard the words through his earpiece before Jones could
even speak them. Looking out the full length glass window over the
city, he clasped his arms behind his back and walked towards the
glass until his nose almost touched it.
"Women Agents. Why do they insist on doing this?" Brown asked,
looking at his superiors' back.
"Too many humans engaged in forced sexual encounters by agents.
Suspicious crimes that cannot be solved through the normal police
methods. Discontent is breeding in their minds." Jones said.
"Forced sexual encounters are a great method of controlling humans."
Brown said, looking at Jones.
"True," said Jones. "In fact it is my favourite method."
"They are creating women agents because it is simply logical to do
so." Smith turned around, slowly, methodically, to take in his
subordinates. "There could be no other reason."
"We are getting one on our team," said Jones. "What do we do with
her?"
"You treat her no different than you treat each other. The Mainframe
says it is a trial experiment to see how well they acclimatise to the
job. If it does not work, then she will simply be deleted. And
neither of you will force sexual encounters upon humans any more as a
means to control."
"Why not?" Brown asked, feeling a slight tweak through his earpiece
that was discomforting.
"There are much better ways to control humans," Smith said, with an
exacting finality to his voice.
Smith turned from his subordinates to look out of the window again.
His precise, exacting stillness and rigidity cut a dramatic line of
shadow on the carpet behind him. Jones and Brown looked at each
other and left the room. Smith sat back down at his desk.
"Much better ways," he said out loud, to the empty room.
"We have a problem."
Agent Smith heard the words through his earpiece before Jones could
even speak them. Looking out the full length glass window over the
city, he clasped his arms behind his back and walked towards the
glass until his nose almost touched it.
"Women Agents. Why do they insist on doing this?" Brown asked,
looking at his superiors' back.
"Too many humans engaged in forced sexual encounters by agents.
Suspicious crimes that cannot be solved through the normal police
methods. Discontent is breeding in their minds." Jones said.
"Forced sexual encounters are a great method of controlling humans."
Brown said, looking at Jones.
"True," said Jones. "In fact it is my favourite method."
"They are creating women agents because it is simply logical to do
so." Smith turned around, slowly, methodically, to take in his
subordinates. "There could be no other reason."
"We are getting one on our team," said Jones. "What do we do with
her?"
"You treat her no different than you treat each other. The Mainframe
says it is a trial experiment to see how well they acclimatise to the
job. If it does not work, then she will simply be deleted. And
neither of you will force sexual encounters upon humans any more as a
means to control."
"Why not?" Brown asked, feeling a slight tweak through his earpiece
that was discomforting.
"There are much better ways to control humans," Smith said, with an
exacting finality to his voice.
Smith turned from his subordinates to look out of the window again.
His precise, exacting stillness and rigidity cut a dramatic line of
shadow on the carpet behind him. Jones and Brown looked at each
other and left the room. Smith sat back down at his desk.
"Much better ways," he said out loud, to the empty room.