Thanks to Totally Mindy on Kid’s Place live this morning, I have a horrible cyberpunk version of Old Yeller in my head… here’s a snippet of “the scene” in my head, so you can all share in my horror at my own brain.
“No pa. He’s my dog. I’ll do it.” Tahmina pulled the old keyboard out from the rack by her desk. “Easy Nu, easy girl.” Yeller growled, the thin crackling from her blown speaker modulating as Tahmina slid down the access panel on her neck, slotting the old usb-c connector. The dog froze as the command line activated, the familiar floating screen popping into existence above the board. She closed her eyes tightly, typing by touch, the clacking of the old physical keys feeling like nothing less than the loading and cocking of a shotgun. She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Arslan standing over her, a rare tear touching his own eye as he nodded to her, knowingly. She looked at the screen, the lines of instructions, approvals, directory searches.
Her father coughed lightly, unable to see the screen from his angle, but not willing to move to look. “Tahmi, darling, you need to get the subroot directory under the facial imagery as well.”
She squeezed her eyes shut again, but the blinking prompt was seared into her retina. “Confirm full system reformat and restory? Y/N?”
“I know father, I did. She… she won’t recognize my face anymore.”
With a sob, she stabbed down on the y key, and then tossed the keyboard from her lap, bursting to her feet and out the door.