Summary:
<blockquote>Mirae sits on her bed, parting her hair with one hand and feeling for the access port on the back of her head with the other. She finds the notched edges of the cap and twists counterclockwise until it comes loose. Her eye twitches as she slides the plug into her skull. The sensation isn’t strong enough for her to say it hurts, but she doesn’t know how else to describe it.
Her post-op recovery had been difficult. She had fever dreams of worms crawling into her brain through the still-healing metal port. Even after she was fully recovered and ready to be plugged in for her first update, images of the plug’s pin connectors piercing too deep and puncturing her occipital lobe made her hands shake.</blockquote>
➤ a short story about a young woman who was given a neural implant to improve her abilities and skills in school to be able to get a good job
➤ about parental expectations and abusive control
➤ trying to figure out who you are and what you care about when you've never been given the opportunity to be anything but obedient
➤ I had feelings
➤ 4k words in length
