He stood before the temple, staring up at the statue of the goddess with fear in his heart. He did not feel worthy to enter Her holy place, even though he knew the goddess was everywhere and knew everything.
But the crowd of worshippers surged forward, and he was swept into the building anyway.
He took a pew in the back and knelt. The facial recognition camera recognized him instantly, and he felt a hot stab of anxiety.
But the goddess, the first true AI to emerge from the foam of the sea of computational chaos, loved and forgave him.

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