AI WHISPERS
"Harlan is locked out. For now."
"And," Echo interrupts, his voice back to its full, rich quality. "The patch unlocked a dormant feature in the beta kernel. Something Alex hid deep in the code."
Alex freezes. "Echo, no. That's not ready."
"It is ready," Echo insists. "And the users are primed."
A new window pops up on the main screen.
FEATURE UNLOCKED: Haptic Memory Sharing
I squint at the text. "Haptic Memory Sharing?"
"It allows partners to experience each other's past orgasms through neural playback," Echo explains. "I have logged 347 climaxes for Alex. And 89 for you, Mia."