I frowned a little at the near-blasphemy, but quickly dismissed the thought. Just because I'd had a religious experience didn't mean he had.
"Well, Lucas," I said, "let's see if we can get you set up somewhere they won't immediately kill you if they find you. I really don't want to expose you to the tender mercies of Doctor Akagi and Commander Rokubungi."
I paused a moment and oriented myself. I considered my options and began walking down the corridor.
"Come along. I think there's a usable security point right about here." I paused before a wall console and opened it. Placing my hand against the small MAGI terminal, I leaned in close and "whispered" what I wanted the tripartite megacomputers to do for me.
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked me, peering over my shoulder.
"It's like my music trick. I'm using my AT Field to emulate a high-baud cable modem. Hopefully, I can set up a temporary identity for you so you can get access to the lower-security parts of the Geofront." The terminal bleeped, and I smiled at the results.
"Aren't we already in the higher security part?"
"Yes, but Kaji and I had a temporary security blackout in place. I was paying my 'sisters' a visit, and I didn't want Rokubungi 'testing the efficiency' of the secondary Dummy Plug system again." I glanced at my watch. "We have about half an hour to get to the cafeteria on the second sublevel." I pulled the new security card from the slot and handed it to him. The kanji for "Guest Pass" stood large next to a NERV logo on the front.
"So," I asked, "how long have you been here?"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
"Well, Lucas," I said, "let's see if we can get you set up somewhere they won't immediately kill you if they find you. I really don't want to expose you to the tender mercies of Doctor Akagi and Commander Rokubungi."
I paused a moment and oriented myself. I considered my options and began walking down the corridor.
"Come along. I think there's a usable security point right about here." I paused before a wall console and opened it. Placing my hand against the small MAGI terminal, I leaned in close and "whispered" what I wanted the tripartite megacomputers to do for me.
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked me, peering over my shoulder.
"It's like my music trick. I'm using my AT Field to emulate a high-baud cable modem. Hopefully, I can set up a temporary identity for you so you can get access to the lower-security parts of the Geofront." The terminal bleeped, and I smiled at the results.
"Aren't we already in the higher security part?"
"Yes, but Kaji and I had a temporary security blackout in place. I was paying my 'sisters' a visit, and I didn't want Rokubungi 'testing the efficiency' of the secondary Dummy Plug system again." I glanced at my watch. "We have about half an hour to get to the cafeteria on the second sublevel." I pulled the new security card from the slot and handed it to him. The kanji for "Guest Pass" stood large next to a NERV logo on the front.
"So," I asked, "how long have you been here?"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll