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supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Harvey, what time is it?

Molly, you have 30 minutes until Ivy arrives for the taping.

Thanks, Harvey. You marvelous omnipresent, virtual voice assistant. Just enough time for lunch.

Let's see what's in the fridge. Should I have noodles and cottage cheese or cottage cheese and

noodles? Molly? Who said that? Molly, is that you? Yes, I'm Molly. Who are you? Where are you?

What are you? It's me, the mold, growing on your very old fruit salad.

You are sentient. Yeah, yeah, I talk. I think so can you. No big deal. Actually,

just wondering if you had any plans to get me out of here. No, of course not. I would never

throw you in the garbage. Oh, but you see, I really, really want to get out of here. You do?

The cold in here really slows me down. Oh, right. And there's only so many times I can read the

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