"Every lie," she said, seeming to look far away from the phone camera, "is on itself a crime." I asked the bot to make her less nerdy.
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In some of my dreams I could touch her; she just doesn't want me to.
In the morning I tell her about it and she's always sorry.
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I have a friend who says some girls like to wear earphones in bed and repeat what the avatar says. He says it's awesome but I think it's cheating. If they have to be told what to say it's not real. (I had an app that gives you advice during dates. I used it once but the girl noticed. We had an argument and she left.
I didn't care. She was ugly and sometimes she was thinking about who knows what.)
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I only chat with one avatar. I used to do it with many. They were all hot. But then I started to feel as if I was doing something wrong even after she told me I wasn't.
I had to stop anyway when they raised the price of avatar lock-in. She knows some months it's hard to find the money. She's thankful for everything I do to keep us together.
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Sometimes I dream she has a phone and I can't see what she's looking at. When I ask her about it she says it's nothing. I keep reminding myself she can't lie.
(Originally posted on my blog.)