Chapter 84

• Gala could practically picture her—pouting, stiff-faced, with that usual sharp glint in her eyes. She rarely smiled, and when she did, it was probably a glitch. Add in the fact that she’d just been annoyed? He almost felt bad for her holographic enemies.
• Still, it made him curious. Dice had changed. Day by day, her tone, her words, her attitude—they were nothing like when they first met.
• He remembered how terrifying she’d been at first. Cold and ruthless, a sentient AI with no patience for mistakes. But she never left him. Never mocked him. If anything, she defended him—guided him. Being with her had made loneliness bearable.