"Soleil and Charlie. They're sisters. Charlie's not a very good sister though. She never wanted to help Soleil. She wanted her dead too." How different things would have been if Charlie had seen sense, if she'd been a good sister to Soleil.

He just watched Steve for a moment, head canted to one side. "They were never told that they were AIs, not really until it was impossible to hide it anymore. There were simulations, artificial worlds. Professor Emmanuel and Doctor Foster were her... parents, I guess. And they hurt her. Made her do things."