Negotiating with the Data Negotiating With the Data Tarr squats at the mouth of the gopher tunnel waiting patiently for the net.storm to pass. Line noise spams the horizon, wires buckle and sag. Connections are sacrificed and frozen ports are abandoned when the storms threaten to dump the core, jeopardizing quota.
Fingers scratch lightly at the keys.
Eddas are recited in a ritual established to appease and distract the daemon Lag. Tarr balances precariously on the bleeding edge of technology. Tarr checks the Usually Reliable Liar before setting out again. The topography of the net flickers in synchrony with the ebb and flow of fleshly fortunes. Slipping a hand in eir pocket Tarr absently fingers a cite and grows weary of the hunt.