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AFTER SHE FINISHED her chocolate, Melati went back down to the Correctional Department. It appeared that Jas, Tyro, Shan, Esse and Zax had gone to lunch, but also it looked like they had finished installing all the equipment. The computer was on, the screen displayed the menu of the BCI software, a chair stood in front of the desk ready for use. On the floor just inside the door stood the box with the BCI harness that would cover the prisoner’s head, with all the leads neatly rolled up and tied together. Jas even appeared to have brought down the little pillow that Melati used on her desk chair in the lab.
She groaned. That really wasn’t necessary. She didn’t plan to stay here long. She didn’t want Lieutenant Kool to laugh at a pink seat cover with stick figure embroidery that had been
