"Put your hand back," Adrian said.
Elara slowly turned back to the metal surface. This time, she touched it not because she had been ordered to, but because she wanted to. The moment her fingers met the surface, the system answered immediately. But this time, Elara did not only see the current. She entered it. She moved through the lines spreading like a network of veins. The door lock, the cameras' blind spots, the corridor pressure, the waiting protocol of the eastern security gate… All of it was connected. This facility was like a giant body, and for the first time, Elara was touching its nerve endings.
"The eastern gate," she thought. The Moon Spirit completed it before she did. "It can be opened."
