Triptych In a futuristic world where humans are augmented by machine parts to enhance their talents and abilities, two unlikely friends find a way to connect and challenge the status Quo. Read more on bilkiwrites .
Chapter 2 Candor Sometimes when she closes her eyes, she can see the world. See its simplicity in shapes and colors instead of reading hard-coded facts about it. It only works when she is alone in the dark, and she closes her eyes tight until the 1’s and 0s that make up her monochrome world disappear into a cacophony of colors. Reds, blues, and greens appear into the darkness behind her eyelids, and for a moment, the world is quiet, her mind relaxed. “Are you quite alright Lana?” Her father asks from his seat beside her. She opens her eyes and it all comes rushing back. She turns to look at her father, observing his eyes – generation two business class lens, optimal for language translation – trained on her. They’re almost unnoticeable compared to her unnatural silver eyes, and she wonders how he sees her. Would he be able to untangle the mess of aimless thoughts and pointless information inside her head, and translate it into something she can understand? Or would he be distr
Mac Mac arranges her face back into a smile as the cameras turn to her. There’s deafening applause from the audience virtually tuned in to the late-night show as Mark Zeng takes his seat. Mac takes a moment to imagine people going through their routine pausing to clap at random times in the middle of nowhere. Her smile grows wider with amusement. Mark shakes hands with her co-star Ander, congratulating him and catching up like old friends before turning to her. He takes her hand politely, and Mac smiles into the sleek glass eye staring at her, Zeng’s eye feed providing an exclusive 1 st person view to selected viewers of the nation’s biggest show. Zeng keeps his eyes on her form as he takes his seat, taking in her silver ensemble for later fashion analysis and debate. “Welcome to the show once again you too. And Congratulations on the new movie.” Zeng starts the show with his signature enthusiasm. “I must say, my wife and I saw the movie just last night and your chemistry is i
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