~Elara~
"My control extends beyond the physical," I continued, ignoring the dismissal. I focused on the recessed lighting above the table, feeling the electrical current flowing through the circuits. With a thought, I dimmed them, then brightened them to painful intensity before returning them to normal.
That earned me genuine surprise, expressions of shock flashing across several faces.
"The Algorithm bridges biological and technological systems," I explained. "It recognizes electrical patterns, can interface with them."
"Interface?" repeated a younger man with Nordic features. "You mean you can... hack technology? With your mind?"
"In a manner of speaking," I confirmed. "It's how I've been gathering intelligence from TechNova. Their security systems respond to me differently than to
