Meanwhile, Sally was also coming to her own realisations.
Anti-Rizz was all well and good for being selective and sidestepping the Pathetic Peters and Lame Liams…
And she had even learned to 'Allow', which had led to the 'opening up' of exciting new possibilities…
But at the same time, she was now in a dilemma.
Whilst Bob had been honest and upfront with her, she hadn't yet been upfront and honest with him, regarding her true identity as Sally.
She now had several choices - one was to continue being Allie and live a double life, a fantasy where everything was comfortable and safe, but also stagnant and fake, or she could… tell Bob who she actually was... and see where it might end up…
Which was frankly, terrifying.
How much did she actually like him?
How did she feel about Bob and his alter-egos?
Could she do better?
(...Was she good enough?)
I really want to live my best life, but I'm terrified of failure. I'm terrified of weakness… She thought to herself.
"Relax. Breathe girl! It's just… something to try. It's not like life and death, if it doesn't work out, then you can just try again. It's not like you can expect everything to be perfect right…?"
She took in a deep breath, and considered things calmly.
Did she like him? Was she in love?
Thanks to the advances in technology as part of her Endless Freedom Project, Sally had made progress in AI technology. Currently, she was in the process of testing out the latest model, an AI confidante by the name of "Clefa" - since the original AI assistant, Silli, had made great progress since its first inception…
"Hi Clefa..." She explained her current situation...
"So… do I... like Bob? ...Am I in love?"
"Hi Sally… And can I first say that you are looking gorgeous today... " 🤭
🙂 ✨ "Thanks Clefa…"
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"-Hey, wait a minute...!!!" At this point, breaking free from the nice emotional moment, in the Rizzmaster VIP audience seats, a certain 'master' of pointing out unpopular yet pertinent things - and who was formerly 'handled' by several big men for his troubles - has made his comeback!
...It's Pep-Z guy!!!!!
Gifted with exceptional insight and awareness, he sees crystal clearly through the whole charade - that Author has in fact taken shamelessness to yet another level:
By introducing this "AI" Clefa into the story, he could potentially now pass off the generated AI responses as an authentic part of the actual story itself?!?!?!?!?!
He sucked in a deep breath.
"Author!!!!!!! You are so shameless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Pep-Z guy yells!!!!!!!!!!!!
Upon hearing the kerfuffle and commotion, the 'big' men again stepped up, once more preparing as per usual to take him by surprise, muffle his cries, and offer him some cream-filled pies from the local bakery (like they had done last time) - to successfully 'bribe' his silence...