Detroit. November 11, 2040. Time 20:34. Rivertown district.

The security camera at the entrance to the grocery store next to the condo had a perfect angle on the entrance to the apartment complex where the detective lived. It was no surprise that the android had been taking advantage of this opportunity for the past six months, bypassing the security systems and tracking his colleague's movements every night and morning. Because to be honest, he had always done this. Cameras at home, at work, in the city - the android had access to every camera. And if Gavin disappeared where there were no cameras, it was only a matter of time before RK900 installed them there.

Reed's condition was lousy. Nines could see it even without scanning and analyzing it in detail through the mass spectrometer built into his head. The detective was in a deep deprеssive episode and his usual grumpiness no longer resembled the upstarts of a smug baboon, they were more like a cry for help. The brown-haired man knew what the reason was: some lousy bitch broke up with his colleague. A terribly banal story, but the way Gavin suffered because of it really infuriated the android's systems. The thirium in his veins moved faster just from the thought that the man was wasting his time on some random connections, completely ignoring the existence of "tincan" who was absolute perfection compared to any human or android. But sooner or later this will change... Nines is sure of it. He will personally put his hand to it.