I knew what I was going to do though. I slipped the cube n the machine, lay back and mentally activated the neural interface. The world faded to feat...reless blue. The words "NEGOTIATING NEURAL INTERFACE -- PLEASE WAIT" appeared in the air before me. After a few seconds, I saw "INTERFACE COMPLETE -- BEGIN SESSION? YES/NO" hover before my eyes. Taking a deep breath I said, "Yes." "BUILD CHARACTER AVATAR" I was presented with a series of menus from which I selected the following : HEIGHT : 5'. After sometime Jaya (nick name of the maid) came to bedroom with the breakfast andstarted serving me. The breakfast was excellent and after completing that Iasked her about her where about and all, and she replied that she is from avery low class and she got married three years back and her hubby is in thejail and is awaiting death sentence as he is involved in a murder case.And seeing this Ramesh had brought her here telling that hewill help her to get release of her husband and is using her. . such ... seductive...”“It was enough to do a fair-sized coven credit. Becca, you must learn to work tandem with someone to draw you back. I almost didn’t reach you.”“To tell me to ground the power.”“Aye. So that part did get through to you. Good. So much gift I have never seen in one person in my life.” The nurse returned with fresh wraps for Rebecca’s hand and cut off Mrs. Weed with her good-natured chattering.“Well,” she said, “there’s a rash of empty heads a’loose today. Would you imagine. She turned, but kept her eyes down. “Look at me,” I almost whispered. I could feel Max’s eyes on me, on both of us, watching, waiting to see what would happen. She kept her eyes on the floor. I slapped her, not too hard, across the face. “Listen when I speak to you, Roja.” She cowered, but didn’t look up, so I stopped playing nice. “I said look at me!” I was all up on her face. Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she looked first at me, then at Max, who was still sitting back smiling,.