Nanobots, Murder, and Other Family Problems

Cindy disappears into the back of the jet and Father turns to address us. “You’ll all need to put your clouds into sleep mode if you haven’t yet. I know, I know. The frequencies we use don’t affect the controls, but they still insist on it. Once your bots are asleep, please hand me your phones and I’ll power them down. Even the minimal signals they use to communicate with the implants aren’t allowed. They’ll have to stay off the whole trip. I’ll return them to you when we get there.”

SLEEP-MODE