by Tony Corden
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December 25 2073 - Evening - Part 2
DUNYANIN
Leah had expected the spherical cave to be empty after nineteen days, so she was surprised when the five forms of her hand of Günahkâr guards registered on her skin. She sat up and slid out of the sleeping place she’d been in when she logged out and felt each of them as they became more corporeal and then come to their feet before standing at attention.
The ability to speak with the mind in Dunyanin was technically an adaption of the skill used to talk to an AI without actually saying the word. This was also utilised with modification when psychic phenomena were being experienced in-game. The modifications applied a range of metrics which were measured within the Pod itself as it measured Leah’s neural activity. The calibration AI had helped Leah fine-tune her sub-tactile typing to communicate. It had also helped her understand that the ‘reaching out’ mechanism was undamaged and centred more in her anterior prefrontal cortex than in the damaged and dead areas of her brain.
With this is in mind, Leah reached out in the direction of the figure who felt ‘red’ or maybe it was more a feeling of ‘fire mana’. Either way, she could tell the difference using the faint sensational differences the calibration AI had constructed. As her reaching connected with the figure, she said “Yürek, I apologise for being so long, but there were complications in my home world. I am pleased you are still here and trust all is well.”
“3: Y with a slight burning sensation,
