“There are sensors everywhere, and I can feel them. I don’t deal with it as well as Destry did. They built me from a new template, which was supposed to make me more sensitive than she was. But when I touch the sensor network, I get too involved. I follow it out as far as I can, and I feel—everything. Birds migrating through a dangerous storm. Worms dying in a flash flood. A month ago, I accidentally linked to a burning tree, and it felt like my skin was being chewed off for days. My health therapist calls it a sensory processing disorder, but Ronnie insists it’s an upgrade. My receivers can
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