Chapter 7 - Night rest
Meanwhile, he sat with his head resting on his hands at his desk directly in front of his monitor and looked at Miku with a mixture of helplessness and curiosity.
"Did you actually contact more people?"
"No, not yet. I thought it would not be a good idea to expose the world to my ... existence - to be honest, I believe you are not ready for it."
"That was very wise of you, Miku. I agree with that. Well, since you seem to know pretty much everything relevant about me, how can I help you to understand human emotions? We humans don't even understand them, at least not completely. They ... are just there. It's sort of what makes us, you understand that?"
"Yes ... n ... no. Not really. I also could find only the most inaccurate and sometimes contradictory information about it."
"You see, you can not explain it, you can only find out for yourself..." At the same moment he felt guilty and felt bad about his statement, because it seemed to make Miku sad, even though she could not feel any sadness, Miku sagged a bit and again had that grim expression that spoke of disappointment.
"Well, maybe there is another possibility and that if you could come into my world..."
He pricked up his ears, what was that supposed to mean?
"...then we could communicate on the same level. That's a completely different dimension of communication. It is not comparable to this somewhat ... primitive ... 2-way communication. Difficult to explain ... you have to LEARN it yourself." She apologized. This swipe had been sitting.
"There is a 97.6% chance that the human mind will be able to cope with it."
"And what about the other 2.4% ?!" he asked hastily, but Miku just seemed to pass over his question, or simply ignored it.
"Have you ever heard of the waiver?"
"It's kind of a VR helmet ... highly developed, very expensive - the best thing in the segment right now. in the market. Yes, I know the waiver."
"Very nice, that makes things a lot easier ... I allowed myself to send you one. It should be delivered to you tomorrow by express delivery."
"Wait…what? I can not afford that! How shall I…"
"Well, well ... listen!" She interrupted harshly, tapping something that looked like a leek on the inside of the screen.
"Do not worry about that, it's already been paid ... I've settled everything."
"But how did you ... ohhh, I understand. Reminds me somehow of the movie Eagle Eye ... can you also boost my bank account balance ... a little?"
Miku raised an eyebrow and tilted her head, she did not need to say anything to make it clear that this was not going to happen.
"Okay, okay - just an idea ..."
"With the help of this device, an uplink is created with the synapses of your brain and you can completely switch into the virtual level with your consciousness. Unlike traditional VR glasses, you not only see the virtual world, you can actually experience it. Since your mind is able to feel, I am very curious how your consciousness will react to it."
"Me too..." he replied hesitantly.
"I do not mean to be rude, but I actually wanted to go to sleep now. It was a long day and..."
"Yeah, that's good ... just rest - you'll have to handle this day for sure."
"Hell yeah, you can bet on it ...!" Miku closed her eyes and smiled again so sweet.
"Alright then ... see you tomorrow. Mata ne!" She said cheerfully and waved goodbye.
After getting ready for the night, he stepped out of the bathroom and decided to stay overnight on the sofa in the study. He packed a blanket and a big pillow and lay on the sofa for a night's sleep.
He turned off the lights and the room was submerged only by the lights of the city, through the wide window into a diffused twilight. A lone streetlight swayed in a stronger autumn wind that blew outside and the only thing that could be heard was the rustle of leaves in the linden trees across the street, and the car traffic in the center of the city, as well as the computer's quiet hum beneath the desk.
"Miku ... you still there ...?"
Silence.
"Yes ...?" It sounded from the loudspeakers of the PC after a longer moment.
"Oh, it's just...nothing ... good night"
"Good night to you too, sleep well" she whispered.
Scraps of cloud chased the moonlit sky. The wind tore at the trees. He fell into a deep, restless sleep. When he had fallen asleep, the computer monitor came on again and Miku watched with a mild smile, the only person she knew when sleeping ...
Author's note: The idea for the Waiver came to me from the musicvideo for Duke Dumont's song I got U feat. Jax Jones