"Ready?," Nathan asked.

On the table, David was de-activated and now Nathan had the small memory cube in his hand. He pointed at the tiny switch. "This will reverse the imprinting," he explained. "Are you sure we need to do this?"

"Yes," Irene replied. "Otherwise, he'll keep trying to go back to Monica forever. It needs to be done."

Nathan flipped the switch, then flipped it back. He replaced the cube, which went into a slot in David's forehead, but behind the actual face, and then pressed the button in David's back to put him together. He then re-activated the robo-boy.

"Well, here we go," Irene said. She still had the original imprinting protocol with her. "Everyone except Michael, please go." Everyone left the room.

"David, sit here, please," Irene said. Once David sat down, Irene and Michael knelt in front of him. "I'm going to read some words to you. It won't make any sense, but you need to listen anyway. And look at Michael and me the whole time. Can you do that?"

"Yes, Irene," David said.

Irene touched the buttons in the back of David's neck. She then read the words; "Cirrus, Socrates, Particle, Decibel, Hurricane, Dolphin, Tulip, Irene, David, Michael, David."

After a moment, David spoke, "What were those for, Mommy?," he asked. "Daddy?"

"Who are we, David?," Irene asked.

"My mommy and daddy," David said as he took them both into a big hug. "You're my mommy and daddy."

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