So ho, Squire Chatterjee. Must you now acknowledge that the Dodger may indeed be of exceptional competence?" A blind shunt utilizes a sophisticated series of mask and camouflage programs that render transparent a decker’s presence in the Matrix. Unfortunately, the technique leaves the decker vulnerable as well, but what isn’t seen by intrusion countermeasures is not attacked by such defenses. While cloaked, the decker waits; for to take active measures is to destroy the illusion of transparency. The hooks are data bits to which the decker attaches his invisible persona, waiting for the data to move. The assumption is that the hook will be taken legitimately into a place where the decker cannot gain entry through conventional hacking. The procedure takes time, but I don’t see anything else to do. Mayhap we shall be lucky." Teresa reached out and laid her hand on Dodger’s arm. He could feel the electricity through his leathers. She didn’t seem to care that Chatterjee was watching.