28 TRANSFER COMPLETE Dr Jemima Singh fought down the urge to retch; this wasn’t at all like activating the Cobras. Sure, one of them went and sprayed blood all over the place, but that was a relatively benign experience compared to the sight playing out before her now. Part of her wished for some higher deity to place her faith in, as the army of ADA controlled nano-machines attached the subjects’ spines to the Echo bodies, stitching nerve endings in place and testing their work by blasting them with micro-currents. Each blast caused the Echoes’ mechanical arms and legs to twitch and flail wildly. Without their helmets in place, the subjects’ glassy eyes stared back at her through the thick observation screen. Despite knowing they were blind until activated, she still couldn’t shake the

