V23 – Pg06
House Rescue
The last time we saw Michelle, she and her husband (the Prime Minister – LOL) were being placed under house arrest. Now, she’s been rescued by Cates and Guy. Two characters whom have gone under radical transformations within the story.
I put LOL by the Prime Minister, as he has little to no power, and has been subjegated to a minor player behind his wife, who was one of the driving forces against the former Red Council.
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I would guess that the he is indeed still the “Cates” she always knew, but that the *actual* Cates died long ago (in the flashback, where it certainly looks pretty unambiguous that he died).
My working theory is that his body had enough cyberware to be usable by some AI, likely one that he was already associated with (as the current “Cates” does seem to have some factual knowledge of the original).
Thus, the state of his meat-ware brain is largely irrelevant – “killing” his body (again) matters very little.
Fingers crossed that the Wolfshead and her allies continue to have successes leading up to the grand finale – I’d love to see MaX’s temple veins popping before Luke finally puts him out of our misery…LOL