“Just wait - you’re saying that the rings have microphones in them? Really?” Svetlana asks, staring down at her submerged Promise Ring in wide-eyed horror. “So they’ve been listening in on us this entire time?”
“Yep,” I say. “I’m not a hundred percent certain, but I think it’s safe to assume that’s the case. It only makes sense that they’d want to monitor our conversations.”
Xiu-Mei looks thoughtful, nodding at some private conclusion as she turns her hand this way and that under the water, examining the gleaming silver ring.
“Yes, I also suspected as much,” she says. “It wouldn’t be difficult to build a tiny, barely visible microphone into the rings, given the vastly advanced technology that the Winsworth Interactive Company has at its disposal. Everyone thinks of virtual reality gami
