[Editor's Note: Apparently I posted the rough-rough draft of this chapter, without reading first to revise for place holders or general errors. Take this chapter with a grain of salt. --Karak]
“You're sure you're alright to drive?”
“Of course he is! The anesthetic wore off half an hour ago.”
“The old man's right, Varrow. I'm fine. Mostly.” Em wobbled slightly as he walked across the room to his car. “Just...
Some people say breaking in to a computer is an art form, that it takes years of dedication and experience to accrue the necessary skill for a righteous hack. Some will spend months planning a single hack. Those are usually the bigger jobs, high paying, high profile, higher risk. Some Luddite wants something specific but knows enough to know he can't get it himself, so he asks you to break in to a megacorp and steal these certain bytes, and you say "Okay, sure" because...
The main characters of Optinomicon
Fun to draw, these two.
