Arvie: “What’s your next move, sir?”
Let me think, Kyree told me that she had an advanced bionic scanner upgrade. She used it on me and sensed my head augmentation. Do you have any such upgrade?
Arvie: “Master, I have a basic bionic scanner, which I use to recognize people around me, as it is much simpler to interpret the data gathered from it than facial features and the like, and it’s much more reliable and accurate for recognition of the individuals, but this basic scanner cannot gather data about the target’s augmentation upgrades.”
That’s bad, it could be useful if you had such a scanner. Can you two exchange your scanner upgrades?
Arvie: “Not sure, sir, but it can be tested. Kyree show us your central panel.”
A doorway appears on a wall into a small round chamber, on center of which there is a tree-like structure attached to the chamber’s ground and ceiling, covered with lots of small information panels, blinking calmae, and exterior interfaces needed for the structure.
Arvie, connects to one of the interfaces: “Sir, they are compatible and can be exchanged. I can extract Kyree’s upgrade, then I have to shut down, and you can exchange our upgrades like this… After that please wake me up like this… And I will do the rest.”
All right, go ahead… Wow, this is interesting. I’m glad to have you as companion, because I could not possibly do it alone… How very interesting, such a tiny thing could scan my whole body and know my upgrades.
Arvie: “Master, now I will shut down. Please be careful with the exchange.”
All right. Now I open this panel and push these buttons, hmm, waiting for the small tray to appear, yes, then I pick up the previous upgrade and replace it with the new one and push this button, and wait for the tray to disappear, and push this button and close the panel.
Now you should wake up. How are you Arvie?
Arvie?
Arvie?!!
What have I done? What’s the matter with you?
Arvie: “Sorry master, I should have mentioned that it would take a while for me to adjust to each new upgrade. I hope you did not get worried too much.”
Nah, it was nothing. Go ahead and upgrade Kyree with the basic scanner so that she can recognize us when we visit the cabin again.
Arvie: “Yes, sir, just wait a moment… and it’s done.”
Now scan me with the new toy and tell me the difference.
Arvie: “Scanning… I am gathering a lot more data from you, but I have yet to interpret them. Please wait a bit… Now I can understand, sir, your body is a lot more complicated than mine, and has room for almost infinite amount of upgrades as you grow, but currently you have just one upgrade: An advanced tracking system, which gives you a better image of the world around you, and lets you track the targets of your goals better.”
That’s really interesting. My first body augmentation is an advanced upgrade, I wonder if it is normal to have advanced upgrades for the first augmentation.
Arvie: “From what I know, it is dangerous to augment the body right after the initiation, and few races can tolerate advanced upgrades at the beginning.”
No wonder I was out of my mind for a while.343Please respect copyright.PENANAOdm8cKSmTH