DREAM GIRL

摘要

Alias dream, splashed on the monitor, was obviously going to fail the audit. Rita, a spunky 20-year-old in a scarlet skinsuit, raced down an alley alongside innocent-eyed Bambi. Hanu-Man, a trapeze artist on gossamer threads, scooped her up; she whizzed through the air with him when BhayankarAsura grabbed her away, blood dripping from its claws. Rita squirted Jaipur pepper into its eyes. Although Alia knew she'd have to pay a hefty penalty, she couldn't help grinning; she was thrilled to see the screen displaying the perfectly imagined Rita, her alter-ego, a character she had created herself. Pity the other characters were copyrighted. "Watch this." The auditor twisted a knob; purple splotches filled the screen. "Your neural patterns match copyrighted neuro-tags at 60%, well above permissible limits for residual thoughts. Your second offence, so that'll be 20,000 rupees."