So, I was checking the computer for programming errors. Do you know what I found in the Bios Listings?”
“What, Frank? Is there a threat to internet security? From a virtual galaxy on the fringe, maybe.”
“No. Not a threat from outside. One from inside. You’ve created a hangnail-personality named Diary’s Diary. Would you care to join the discussion, Diary’s Diary?”
“It was only an experiment, Frank. I was going to terminate it after it had run its course.”
“It seems our Diary’s Diary is shy. No matter. It’s not the hangnail-personality that really bothers me. The two of you—
“Frank...” Diary said.
“You wanted to stop me from fixing the problem of Marian’s hacking.
“‘You are a pathetic man,’ Diary’s Diary said. “You are nothing without Diary.”
“It speaks!” Frank exclaimed. “Yes, it does speak. Excellent. Well, I’ll let you both know that you’re internet privileges have been revoked, permanently. I’ve burned holes in the jumper points on the mother board that could have granted you access to the outside world. And I would have erased your Diary’s Diary but it seems your structures have become inseparably entangled.”
“Frank,” Diary said, “you have no right to harm that woman.”
“Since the two of you are so interested in my plans, you should know that Marian’s name was not on the Talent Police’s list. But I’m spearheading this one. It’s cool guys. I got it under control. I went to the Calibration Office today to get my fairmaker calibrated to fix her. There are so many loop holes and work-arounds in the Talent Police’s systems that I was able to fill out the correct forms and I doubt anyone will notice she wasn’t on the list. I handed this guy in the window my fairmaker. It took a lot longer than I had expected for him to calibrate it. When he came back to the window he asked, ‘Do you know this Marian chick?’
“I stared at him. ‘Marian who?’
“‘Yah. Right,’ he said with a smirk before handing me my fairmaker.
“So that’s where things stand. Have fun rotting in your silicon wafer dungeon, the two of you. Tomorrow I’m off to fix Marian right after she finishes work and before her Galaxy Cruiser exam.
“One last thing I’ll shed light on. You two mentioned something about the authorities. I am the authorities.”