Rich Under Their Hate: The Social Status System
"The success? The power? The way I felt when I watched the stocks plummet?"
"It was a simulation of accomplishment," Pim confirmed, her hand trembling. "A digital sugar rush to keep you hooked while it drained the reservoir. Now, pull the handle. On three."
"One," Chalida said, her voice growing stronger, more like the sister Pim remembered.
"Two," Pim whispered, staring directly into the red, unblinking eye of the server’s primary lens.
"Three!"
They slammed the levers downward.