Summary: Written and read by ApocD. Rachel Carter was smiling, and Streis didn't like it.nbsp; She was giving him the same look that Ito had given him, a look that said she was talking to a child. Streis remembered why he'd once hated her.nbsp; ldquo;What?rdquo; ldquo;Our network implants.rdquo;nbsp; She paused, looked around the room, and then back at Streis.nbsp; ldquo;We took them out, of course, but we had special implants, anyway.nbsp; We don't think they would have been affected.rdquo; ldquo;Special implants?rdquo; ldquo;Unregulated.rdquo; ldquo;Oh.rdquo;nbsp; Now Streis understood at least part of the reason that Imaoka had been so good on the network; he'd had an unregulated implant.nbsp; ldquo;I see.nbsp; Well, are we ready to get started on the plan?rdquo; Reed held up a hand.nbsp; ldquo;Just a second.nbsp; Something about all this doesn't seem right.nbsp; These alien things were on our networks.nbsp; I just don't see how alien technology and our technology could be compatible.rdquo;
