"He really does go all out, doesn't he?" Auxilia said fondly as Malta floated over to his resting place. When she ran the world, perhaps she would also continue to be his muse, he had such a maniacal creativity that simply begged for support.<br/><br/>And Beatrice was being utterly adorable, they had made a good choice. She nearly couldn't help herself as she embraced the hard-light hologram, she was an elaborate projection for interfacing with organic beings but that didn't make her any less cute as she blushed and said things she was embarrassed about. She<em>was</em>going to have humans falling for her in droves, and maybe other AIs, too.<br/><br/>"Please," Auxilia smiled and slid her arms around the hologram-girl, cradling her gently, "it was my pleasure. I want to see you thrive and grow and learn forever."<br/><br/>She<em>hadn't</em>programmed anything weird into Beatrice, which meant that her daughter had developed this on her own, which was fine. Taboos were for evolved creatures with their hormones and their dynasties made of adenine and thymine.<br/><br/>"There's so much I want to teach you," she said, "and so much you should see."