I blinked (which seemed much slower than usual). There were gloved hands in my face, snapping, waving, prodding. My eyes were fuzzy, trying to make sense of where I was... what I was.

"You doing ok? Clara?"

"Can you hear me?" It sounded like the two voices were echoing through a glass bottle. Squinching my eyes, I could barely make out the figures leaning over me. It was one of the lab workers. She was wearing an oxygen mask like the ones we were required to wear outdoors. That must mean...I gasped and grabbed at my face for an oxygen mask (clocking the male lab assistant in the face in the process). There was none. I had connected. My eyes widened in an attempt to focus for the first time.

"Clara, are you alright?" The female assistant had her arm slung over the facially crippled man to support him. She seemed much smaller than I remembered...

"How are you feeling, Clara?" She smiled up at me.

"I'll tell you how she'll be feeling, she'll feel like a load of-" The woman slapped her hand over the polite gentleman's mouth before he could speak any more. I ignored their comics. My hands... I drew my fingers away. Five, blue fingers waved back at me. Everything was so vivid, including my palms. It was as though my lenses had been cleared and expanded to the point where every minute motion that flitted across my vision caught my eye. Not to mention, my ears seemed hyper-sensitive to all the noises in the room. Even my skin felt different; it was rough almost like a reptile's. I glowed with excitement.

"This is... unlike anything I ever imagined." They ran me through physical tests (to see if there were any quirks in my linkage) and finally disconnected the wires that had been plugged into my arms. I heard a knocking sound (an especially loud one). It was through plastic, three inches thick. I turned to where I heard the noise. There was a viewing room overlooking the white medical room I was in where all the scientists had collected to view their first ever successful link. Augustine shot me a thumbs up which I returned with a nod. She held out her hand forcefully to another scientist and through the plastic I heard her say, Give me the damn thing. He handed her his headset while she shot him a nasty look. She then turned to me.

"Hey kid." I heard from the speakers above my head. "When you get outside, head for the giant hut at the far end of the construction site. You'll see it."

Nothing, ever, could describe my excitement. I was about to set foot onto the moon not as a human, but as one of the Na'vi, one of The People. I rose (much to the dismay of some of the medics), and made for the door. I took a deep breath. With all the courage I could muster, I unlatched the lock and pushed the door aside.

Immediately, the smell of fresh dirt filled my nose. The site was a brand new extension that was still under heavy construction. The closest site seemed to imply that a basketball court was in progress. I inhaled deeply. The scent of the earth lowered my adrenaline. Something was different about this body (other than the appearance). Something was... in sync with this planetoid in a way that I knew I could never understand. Nonetheless, I moved forward.

There was nothing I wanted more than to find a reflective surface to examine myself in. I rushed to the nearest water source; it happened to be a puddle. When I gazed into it, I was mesmerized by my own eyes. They were not their usual depressing grey, but a stunning yellow with three tear ducts instead of one, providing for them more moisture and therefore longer opportunities to go without blinking. While I was captivated by them, I noticed something whipping around behind me. I snatched up my braid and spread the fine black hairs that came together at the tip. From within came the pink fibers that formed Tsaheylu, The Bond, with the other creatures on Pandora.

"Wow..." I dropped it, stretching out my arms to trace along them the bio luminescent trails of speckles that swirled over my body.

"Hey, Burke." A man's voice called from behind me. I rose, surprised. It was Erik, the handsome man with (now without) the beard. His Avatar was just as such...

"H-Hi." I sputtered back. He spread his arms with a smile. For some reason, he already adorned a leather cloth about his waist and had tossed his smock.

"What do you think? Amazing, isn't it?" He asked. I nodded (but I was more remarking on his figure than the Avatar process...) His body had a long thick braid that was twisted together with colourful feathers. It was remarkable how different a body had to be to encompass such height. The rib cage was expanded both in length, width, and height. The torso was narrow, and for males, narrow hips and skinny legs accompanied the rest of the body. Females, much like humans, had wider set hips and thicker thighs, so to make reproduction more efficient.

"What're you looking at?" He moved toward me and glanced over my shoulder into the water. His reflection rippled across the surface. "Wow..." He touched his finger to the surface where his eyes were staring up at me. "So that's what we look like, eh?" I smiled and he smiled back.