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Reading Hardwired, chapter 2.

Sarah and Princess hopped in the car, taking it to Princess's place. In her room, Sarah perped Weasel for the kill. She pressed her mouth to Danica's. Weasel stoke, telescoping from its hiding place in Sarah's throat and chest, forced its way down her throat. Tearing its way out, it sought the heart and shredded it. The Princess stopped struggling, and her eyes grew cloudy and died.

Reading Hardwired, chapter II.

As Sarah stepped out of the toilet, she spotted Princess coming into the club. Surrounded by dirtboy muscle, she emitted a soft radiance. Sarah walked gracefully to her and began her charm. It went smooth as butter, and princess was deeply allured by Sarah's movement and charisma. A flashback occurred in the next scene, Sarah and Daud were having an argument regarding her job.

Reading Hardwired, Chapter II.

The meeting with Cunningham went well. He offered Sarah a generous amount of payment in either Dollars, gold, stocks or drugs. Also, some insider news of an artificial scarcity of a drug that would be orchestrated by Pifier. The exchange revealed that she wanted to take her brother to Orbital, so she accepted the job. The assignment was to make a girl fall in love with her.

Reading Hardwired, Chapter II

Sarah took a taxi home from the bar. The endorphins were wearing off so she took another small dose of endorphins to keep the pain away. Then her brother, Daud, got home. Dying for another dose of endorphins. She let him have one of her vials but warned him she needed the rest to pay for food and rent. And then she went to The Plastic Girl, stood at a table and waited for Cunningham.

Reading Hardwired, chapter II.

Sarah first met Cunningham in a bar called the Blue Silk. The owner was a West Indian who was on the losing side in the Rock War. Cunningham approached her for work, but Sarah told him this was not her work bar and was not happy about his presence. She told Maurice he was bothering her, and the owner turned on the bar's defensive systems, requesting him to leave.

Reading Hardwired, Chapter 2.

Sarah was introduced having a body desgin in a salon. The body designer, Firebud, made comments on her chinbone, nose and the scars. Her boss, Cunningham, sat silently behind in his brown suit, observing the process. Firebud didn't seem to like Sarah, but she listened to Cunningham. Sarah's scars were left alone as souvenirs. In the next scene, Sarah was on the hunt in The Aujourd'Qui.

Finished Hardwired, Chapter I.

While Warren was reassembling the pump, Cowboy hopped into the cockpit of one of his Delta. Began to reminisce about his days of being a jock, flying his delta over the night sky with the laws on his tail. His first delta was called Midnight Sun, but he changed its name once he'd figured out what was really going on. He slowly drifted into sleep while hearing the whirr of the lathe.

Reading Hardwired, chapter I.

As Cowboy entered the hangar, three matte black deltas were looming above. And a Wurlitzer venting music at the side. Warren stood at his workbench, tinkering with a pump. He was an ex-military man who fought for Earth against orbital, but Earth lost the war. Cowboy talked about his next gig with anger. Warren replied that he didn't like Cowboy's client, Arkady, and said he was dodgy.

Reading Hardwired, chapter I.

The Cowboy was driving his Maserati to Colorado. Without using his hands and legs, he controlled the car with his neural interface, flying on the highway. As he arrived at a private strip, his backstory was told. He lived in New Mexico, where the Texans took all of the water from his land. Living in a dust bowl, the Dodger took him in and hired him as a smuggler in the sky.