Chase moved up to within a step of the circle and pulled out his heavy pistol. The moment he grabbed it, the weapon sensed the presence of his hand and activated the cyberlink circuits in the grip. Those sensors matched up with another set hidden beneath Chase's palm and wired into his nervous system. He felt the warm flow from his hand that told him the circuits were engaged. A small targeting dot appeared in his field of vision as the cyberware in his head translated the positioning data the weapon fed through his hand and up his arm. The dot showed him, within barely a millimeter of error, exactly where the pistol was pointed. Other readouts appeared in his eye showing the status of the weapon's safety, which was on, and its current ammo load, which was full, sixteen rounds. With the weapon now linked and in sync with his already wired and hyped-up nervous system, Chase was ready. He realized that this was the first time since the whole thing had started that he'd actually drawn a weapon.