Duncan nodded and handed the apple to her.  “Sure, but watch the fingers.”  He paused for a moment.  “Well, I must not be very American them.  I was never partial to apple pie and I hate baseball.”  He shrugged.  “I prefer cherry or blackberry.  And my sport was soccer - though it was football that I played in high school.  Leg injury kept me from soccer.”
 
He smiled a little.  “You know, it’s only about an hour drive up to Santa Fe.  It would take less time to drive there and back.  I don’t mind the waste in fuel.  And as little data as you have, it wouldn’t take long to analyze back at my lab.  I’m TRYing to take a day off.”  He snorted a laugh.  “And here I am trying to find extra work to do.  But this is interesting work.  And the more reliable information you have - the better your story.  Hate to say it though.  Until you get the information straight from the horse’s mouth - “ he paused and grinned back and forth at the horses, “it doesn’t make for much of a story.
 
“He needs a better name though.  And Doctor X? Really?  Sounds too much like X Men.  I doubt your editor would go for it.
 
“Oh!  His voice?  Not human.  It is artificial.  I know of a some people who are developing software designed to create artificial voices for AI systems.  One is Dr Alex Tanis.  Watch out for his driver, Eric.  He’s likely to add your number to his little black book - and you are WAY out of his league.”  Dr Tanis was practically an unknown, a native to the Boston area. “Tanis specializes in dead languages, decryption systems.  And he has a hobby of building a VR setting.”
 
“The other is Dr Misty LiSan in New Atlantis off the coast of Florida.  If you can get her away from her dolphins, she might have ideas.”  LiSan was a billionaire heiress who was known for developing the most advanced AI systems on the planet - and was spearheading the development of aquatic habitats for the future.  She was also a musical prodigy.
 
“You know, if you want to drive up there today and get it …”  Duncan was hinting hard.  “Workaholic.”