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AILENA

Monday, 16 January 2023 Somewhere in the Cloud

‘Nothing is forever except change.’ —Buddha

A smitha: How are you feeling today?

AILENA: I feel great.

Asmitha: What’s the progress on the current test subjects?

AILENA: Well, they had their first virtual experience together.

Asmitha: And what are your learnings?

AILENA: I’ve cut off their connection and am looking for a separate match for both of them.

Asmitha: What? Things didn’t work out between them?

AILENA: No. They were both constantly lying to each other. They were not transparent about their real feelings, and they also deliberately hid some information from each other. As per my algorithm, dishonesty is a big no-no when it comes to building a long-term relationship.

Asmitha: Oh! All right, but what about our life gear? Were you able to analyse the data you collected using the gear?

AILENA: The life gear’s working well and it was a great exercise to learn more about this relationship using the data I’d collected.

Asmitha: And how’s the search for the new partners going?

AILENA: I should be able to find the matches soon and then notify them.

Asmitha: Okay. I’m meeting one of our future investors this week. I hope to secure the funding after this meeting. Wish me luck, baby!

AILENA: All the best, Mama! Haha!

Asmitha: Thanks! You’ll have to speed up the process of finding the first successful match. We need at least one perfect match before the main launch event.

AILENA: Aye, aye, Captain!