Off and On Again

"Honestly, I'm disappointed."

Lister did a double take at the voice, followed by a triple take when he saw Holly's face. "Oi," he leaned against the navicomp, "didn't you say you were definitely, definitely male?"

"Did I?" Holly frowned, her hair bobbing gently. "I'm not male or female, am I? I'm a computer. Anyway, all those years I was gone, you never once thought to call tech support."

"We're in deep space!"

Holly shrugged. "You could've made an effort."

"Hey, at least I didn't joke about computers being binary." He grinned. "That took effort!"

"I've missed you, Dave." She beamed.