
AI Aboard the Golden Parrot by Louise Hughes (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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The Pirate Ship
The swivel deck cameras caught a rise in people milling a bow on the key side. They twisted and lent to try to see the pirate ship between the hawking prowls with bigger vessels. The gun shields wouldn't have access to the bops and couldn't check the route back. Some gathered to stare up at the sky as if expecting an invasion above. Through a square built of sandstone and sash windows, three drone folk tumbled. A gang of meat folk on hover scoots wove around the statues behind them. One of them unclipped something from his side and threw it, a flash ball, aimed to disable electronics within small radius.
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