Now the eyes. The eyes are the most important part. They’re the same shade of violet as my real eyes, an unusual color to inspire just a touch of discomfort in people when I fix them with the right kind of stare (which is much easier to do in virtual reality, where you don’t have to blink). Mine have a quality eyes in the Matrix don’t usually have. Mine show the depths of my living persona, the presence of a mind and a soul behind them. Other eyes in the Matrix are windows onto nothing, but people in cyberspace can look into the eyes of my persona and see me looking back at them. It’s a difference people notice, whether they’re aware of it or not.