She lost track of time watching the holotube and playing with her fingercomm. Having access to all the data gathered by humankind—all at her fingertips and with direct integration to her brain—gave her an insane feeling of power. Intermittently, she took breaks to get snacks and take frequent naps throughout the day. After a day and a half of this, her mind went numb with boredom. That’s it, she thought, time to holocade. This time around, she took a safe route guided by her fingercomm.
She made it to the holocade without issue. This place was vast and had at least double the number of arenas as the Bethlehem one. There were twenty SoS arenas aligned in neat rows, with half of them in use. She entered the one farthest away from the occupied units and slipped on the encephlotrak.
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