Jesus and Christ - стр. 48

– Android?

– Android.

– Light me in the dawn. It's the same everywhere.

– The worlds are parallel. What about you?

– We still have all of this experimentally, in its infancy, as it were. But it is a very promising direction.

– We too were enthusiastic about it at first, and then, when they let the genie out of the bottle....

They looked at each other again, and Joseph had an astonished look on his face. The Rabbi explained:

– The technology went first, but afterward the ladies took over and gave the males a shove.

– What do you mean?

Ruthra stopped. The look on his face showed that the effect of what the ISKI from the alternate worlds had said had not softened the blow; his face had become more tense. Seeing this, an already wary Rangit added:

– They made an android lover too, and now men were no longer needed. This became the premise of the battle. By the way, the ladies have equipped their android with the logic of power. He has had a program shoved into him that he must reach the number 100 to not be rejected by his androids. According to the program put into him, he must always maintain the integrity of his body.

– What do you mean…what do you mean by integrity?

– Well, his penis could be replaced," the "Bedouin" smiled, covering his mouth with his palm, "but not you?

– Ah. What penis is there to replace, so far we have only the heart, kidneys are replaced, that is more important vital organs.

Rabbi looked at Rutra in surprise:

– The heart can, but the penis can't?

Now Ruthra was hesitating:

– Indeed… it seems they even change the floor, but not like you, I think – zhizk! – and took off, put another one in place. No, it's a whole procedure. A surgical operation.

The ISKIN pressed his lips together and raised his eyebrows. Ruthra smiled in response.

– The ladies made his penis removable," the Bedouin continued with a chuckle, "and if he behaved badly, that is, not as they wanted, they would disable his erection, and sometimes… remove his penis altogether, as a sign of special punishment.

– I suppose a mentally healthy person should at least smile at this point," Ruthra said ironically, and then, not seeing Rangit's reaction, noted the fact of his multiple personalities and alien variation, "Don't worry, I've ascertained your sanity. You've touched on a very important concept of setting the so-called norm… normality.

– I apologize, I should remind you, I run bodies, but I am in no way the same person, by the way, as you are at the moment.

– I'm aware of that," Ruthra smiled broadly.