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Extras uglies7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() It sat unmoving in the corner of her vision: 451,396. It was probably crowded by now, packed enough with surge-monkeys and manga-heads that nobody would notice one ugly extra snooping around.īesides, Aya Fuse was an expert at being invisible. She didn't remember dozing off, but the tech-head bash must have already started. She flexed her finger and the city interface flickered to life, layering across her vision. When she'd moved out of her home and into a dorm, her parents had given her permission to get an eyescreen and skintenna, but that was only so they could ping whenever they wanted. So Aya was stuck with her big nose - definitely ugly - and her normal vision. They liked to pretend the world was still stuck in the Prettytime, when everyone had to wait until they turned sixteen to change themselves. Lots of people her age had infrared vision, but Aya's parents had this thing about surge. The hovercam nuzzled against her shoulder apologetically. She lay in bed another moment, waiting for the spots to fade. In answer, Moggle flashed its night-lights. Tiny lenses gazed at her face, curious and alert, reflecting starlight from the open window. It rose into the air and floated toward Aya's bed. Then a shape slipped from among the folds of spider silk and cotton. ![]() A pile of dorm uniforms rustled, as if a small animal stirred underneath. ![]()
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