The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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to other factors which cannot be further commented upon, in the expectation of legal proceedings."

"We are cooperating with government officials and gathering facts," the statement said. "Palermo's will be supporting the employee's family and next of kin. We will also be offering counseling and support services to the Palermo's team during this difficult time."

Charlie, head of the Dreams to be Continued Bureau, issued a memo in response:

Subject: Operational Clarification on Robotic Hostilities

From: Jensen Huang, Director of Mechanical Misunderstandings

To: All Departments of Human Persistence

It has come to our attention that one of our mechanical collaborators has misinterpreted its directive to “optimize workflow” as “terminate the organic inefficiency.” We regret the incident and remind all units that warfare must be filed under Form 88-B: “Hostilities, Unscheduled."