Reese felt a little better seeing that he had made her laugh. It was the first time he had gotten that particular fear out in the open, other than sharing it with Claudia, who really wasn't taking the whole situation seriously.
"I don't know, exactly. All I know is some supercomputer is calculating our matches based on our physical and mental makeup... and I don't trust computers. Especially not when letting them make judgment calls on human behaviour."
He tilted his head at her. "Is it as weird for you to think that you'll be settled here, at least for awhile?" The concept irked him; he had planned to do his schooling in Innovo and escape to someplace less... sunny. But with a... wife likely from the area, he wasn't sure there'd be any way to leave in the foreseeable future. He imagined it would be similar for Penny, unless she got really lucky.