Reviewer: trekfan Signed [Report This]
Date: 02 Jun 2013 05:19 Title: Chapter 2

Well, that was quite a sales pitch by Daniels there. Bernstein seemed a bit apprehensive about the Augment thing (even in the 31st century people are still afraid of them, amazing) but Daniel allied her fears quite well here. He explained all the fancy tech in him and I have to say, I buy it wholeheartedly. You did well in describing the tech and their various functions, as well as providing a roadmap if you will of where they were installed throughout his body. Now, I don’t feel Daniels was complete forward with her about how the tech affects him outside the job: there have to be drawbacks, more than just the massive pain healing with the stem cell growth accelerator would be, however these drawbacks would have to be small for him to skirt around her, right? Right. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt on that count.

The “do I have to sleep with them” question from Bernstein was a pointed one and one in which Daniels answers with a maybe, but a maybe tinged with regret. He’s had a number of women over the years and time periods, he’s probably a bit sad about them all in one way or another. Leaving them behind as it were would have been tough. I suspect he’s suffering from a heartbending this time because he had to leave a girl behind. Good to see that Reed romanticism still going strong, but maybe he needs to take it easy with the ladies.  

Author's Response:

Rick definitely needs to take it easy with the ladies. 

And yes, it's a sales pitch; he wants her to join them, after all. He's behaving a bit like prospective coworkers sometimes do if you're interviewing for a job and one of the interviews is with a potential peer. Plus he kinda likes her.