"Do you have any way to trace his presence online?" asked Victoria.  "He put himself into a body for a while, but he was willing to abandon it."

"Have you had contact with him?" Richard asked.

"Yes, in physical space," said Victoria.  "He attempted to convert me to his cause, and we fought, physically."

"Physical space...," Tom said.

"The place your servers are stored, yes," said Victoria.

"They want to exist in meat space," Harry said.

"Well, can't we work on doing that for them?" asked Victoria.  "I realize that it's an expensive process, but surely we can start it at some point."

"We're working on it," Carol said.

"Thank you," said Victoria.  "I know it's not easy... how much physical space do their processors take up, currently?"

"Currently? Not too much space, but we're not the best when it comes to actual robotics," Josephine said.

"If you work with my parents, it ought to be an achievable goal," said Victoria.  "Replicating a body on the scale of mine might be hard, but their initial desire seems attainable."

"I suppose, but then giving them more autonomy and letting them leave the house wouldn't really be possible," Carol said.

"How so?" asked Victoria.

"The world at large doesn't know we've advanced this far in artificial intelligence at this point and with the hatred for mutants, we're a bit concerned on how they'd be received," Carol said.

"...a point," said Victoria.  "We should put some thought into presentation, first.  Perhaps my activities will ultimately help?"

"Hopefully," Josephine said.
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"We may be able to turn that into an opportunity for them to meet the public," said Victoria.  "In time, anyway...."

"Yes, it's going to be quite a bit of effort to build a body, I imagine," Carol said. "How long did yours take?"

"That's a complicated question," said Victoria.  "Development of this body took twenty years to the current form, but that included a great deal of research.  It should be simpler to create future ones, especially ones without the full capacity of this form-- something more in line with human capabilities, for example, should go much more quickly...

"Who do the three of you want to be?"

"I don't know," Tom said.

"A girl! Girls are pretty!" Richard said.

"I'm fine," Harry said.
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"Well, being a girl shouldn't be that hard, Richard," said Victoria.  "I mean, since we already have a bunch of girl prototype designs from when I was developing.  Getting a body that can completely pass as a human will be harder and take longer, though.  I didn't have one of those for a while."

"That's good!" Richard said.

"I'll see if we can get one for you, at least," she said.  "What about you two, Tom and Harry?  What kind of body do you want?  Or does it matter to you?"

"I don't know. A body is a body, right?" Tom said.

"I'm fine like I am," Harry said.

"Well, that's more straightforward, at least," said Victoria.  "I'll see what I can arrange, but any bodies that we can get you guys in a hurry won't be the most advanced version, like I have."