The portrait retained at least one aspect of Leo's previous sexual conquest, yet the face was always changed to reflect his next target, not exactly, but indicative.

Positioned in his bedroom, the portrait had a perverse effect on the women Leo wooed. It was hung above the headboard of his enormous double King bed, which was covered in quilted grey bedcover and matching pearl grey satin sheets.

Leo Geller was a successful serial investor in technology, the archetypical “Unicorn” who had backed three ventures that IPO-ed at over a billion dollars each in market value. While Leo had the magic touch when it came to business, it was not so with his health.

A restless entrepreneur, Leo had turned his energies to a new and emerging field: biotech. It offered the prospect of transferring one's consciousness through a Large Language Model to a server, a form of everlasting life.

The rapid advances of these converging technologies had made such a flight of fantasy feel possible within the decade. Leo had christened this venture ‘Project Adam’ — a new start for a new man. Yet the first step was to remain healthy, stay alive.

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