To design a courier implant, you must remember how complex every implant is. Your implant must, first, render a courier unconscious when recording and relaying the message to and from the subconscious mind; second, it must check the face and psychic signature of the recipient; third, it must trigger the message to come forth only after the recipient recites the proper code; fourth, it must erase the message after recital; fifth, it must detect when someone probes the courier"s mind and, in that event, erase the message. All these steps insure that no one can intercept, decipher or alter the information, not even another psychological Wizard.—Implants and Their Uses, an instruction manual. Implants and Their Uses* * * Guarding Bear sighed and looked at his guest. “Thank you for listening

