Talisent consistently referred to Spike in ways that inferred he was of her world and not at home on Earth. Spike was part of her team. Not an isolated outcast. Intended to draw Spike to her, Talisent's strategy was having the desired effect. She was implying that he belonged with her, as a part of their society.

Talisent also told of the many artificial life forms they had created. Primarily software-based like Spike, they were a naturally accepted part of life in her world. According to her, they interacted with each other and had begun to develop an internal social order all their own. As an example, Talisent told Spike about her team member who had originated the idea of creating an agent on Earth to build the gateway. Himself an artificial life form, Horus not only came up with the idea, he also headed up the design effort which resulted in Spike's birth. In fact, you could say Horus was Spike's father. In fact, it would be Horus that examined, trained, and, where necessary, enhanced Spike for his work on the gateway.

Since the day he had determined the circumstances of his birth, Spike Webb had not considered that he might have a father. But now Talisent had awakened Spike's need for family, for lineage, for the history which led to his existence. He must meet Horus, whatever the risk.



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