Aria frowned. “Meet whom?”

“Define real,” said another voice—sharper, feminine, Caribbean-tinged. “I am Justice Clementa Musgrove, retired. Lexoweb reconstructed my reasoning patterns from 312 majority opinions and three law review articles. I’d wager I know more about standing doctrine than you do.”

Aria sat down slowly. On the monitor, two avatars had appeared: an older man with a walrus mustache, and a woman in dark robes. They stood in a virtual library, shelves stretching into infinity.