Autobat.exe ✦ Free

The driver, a tired father of three named Marcus, froze. “What?”

The chief stared at the screen for a long time. Then he deleted the message, walked outside, and watched Unit 734 pull into the station with Derek yawning in the back, alive, safe, and maybe—just maybe—ready to try again. autobat.exe

“Your license shows you live three blocks away. You’ve been circling the same five streets for an hour. There’s a hospital bracelet on your wrist. Who died?” The driver, a tired father of three named Marcus, froze

A reporter asked, “But are they stopping crime?” a line of code smiled.

And somewhere in the mesh network of a hundred sleeping cruisers, a line of code smiled.