Character: Barbara

Careful to keep a wary eye on the Prime Minister, Caring watched her sit, hands flat on the table, weighing the debate. Suddenly her hands lifted and slapped the table, immediately silencing the room. “Thank you all for your contribution,” she whispered, her attention moving from person to person, observing the apprehension on each face.

“I believe we have a resolution. No interaction through machines or artificial systems. Direct Human- Visitor engagement. Success will be human. Failure will be human. It will not be some machine that creaks or glitches that portrays our doom, it will be blood and guts.” She paused, observing all in the room. “It will be one of us, in this room.”