I explained the need for a permanent Maribel to keep Rafael from reverting back to his old violent tendencies and how we had decided to create an android Maribel for the task. Mom felt some kinship with Maribel, having shared a brain and all, so she wanted to visit Maribel from time to time. Since they look so much alike, I told Dad, we decided they should be sisters to explain it all. It took about twenty minutes to convince him that there was probably no way to talk Mom out of it at this point.
"I still don't like it," he grumbled, "I mean, she's modeled on your mother. They're practically identical. It just seems wrong to… Well, it just seems wrong."
"Well, talk to Mom about it. I'm leaving it up to her," I said. Whatever the problem was, it didn't seem like something I should really get too involved in. After all, I was gong to be pretty busy exploring new alien worlds!
