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raising my nose up. The Corporation has obviously given me a good recommendation! Well, at least nothing to be ashamed of. Great!
     
    “Well, so you are a hacker! Wow!” continued the officer and I nearly choked.
     
    A hacker? You must be kidding me!
     
    “This kind of activity is highly intelligent and it would be a shame not to appreciate that.”
     
    I couldn’t understand if Brodsky was mocking me or if he really had an admiration for computer geniuses.
     
    “But, unfortunately, there is only one way after playing games like that – straight to this place - in the best case scenario.” he concluded proudly looking at me in my frozen state.
     
    “Don’t be so worried” he tried to comfort me, taking my bewilderment for something else. “Anyone could make such a mistake playing games like that, but this place is nice and the people are friendly. Yes, the rules are strict, but I have to say they are fair.”
     
    “I didn’t play any games…” I said before I could think.
     
    What am I doing?! Who cares what abilities the Corporation has awarded me with – what matters is that they will allow me to enter the God damn territory. So I have to stop denying this! Otherwise I’ll ruin the whole operation trying to protect my honour”
     
    “Of course nobody wants to admit their faults.” Brodsky looked disappointed. “Nobody wants to say that they are guilty”.
     
    “Alright, alright! I’m guilty!” I changed the strategy before it was too late and tried to relax my body on the chair as if I really was the Queen of the Binary Dimension.
     
    Whether I admit my guilt or not nobody will let me out of here anyway. So why bother with the honour? But it felt like a frank confession could change the officer’s attitude which could possibly mean a better outcome in the long run. Who knows what Brodsky is responsible for?
     
    “There. Now we are talking! Good girl!” the man in a cap cheered up. “Why would you deny such a talent? I very much respect those who can do more than just send an email.”
     
    Yeap, me too.
     
    “Do you think if I had your talents I would be sitting here all day long?”
     
    You’d be sitting inside the Tally… I think.
     
    “And I would be getting much bigger money” Brodsky switched into a “dream” mode. “And unlike you, I’d be thinking ahead about how not to be caught.”
     
    Right… Don’t get carried away, you, smart arse.
     
    I made a sour face as if to show him “not everybody is as smart as you!” and sighed. He leaned towards me and tapped my hand with his.
     
    “That’s alright girl, you are still young. So don’t feel too bad, I’ll find good accommodation for you. There is a cute vacant room in a nice location. Not very close to the centre though but the air is much cleaner this way, don’t you think? I don’t meet many talented people like you are very often and your face is pretty…”
     
    I screwed up my face - thank God Brodsky didn’t seem to notice it.
     
    “There.” A few objects appeared on the table. His sausage finger pointed to the one on the left. “There is a key to an apartment in this envelope. The address is written here. Show it at the bus stop so someone can tell you which bus to take or show it to a taxi driver. Now then…” the officer pointed to the next item – a wide metal bracelet.
     
    “Put it on your wrist before leaving the building and never try to take it off until you gain one thousand points.”
     
    “What do you mean “one thousand points”?”
     
    “Please don’t interrupt me. This bracelet is your ID, your credit card and your life. All additional information you need is in this book. Now another thing is…” he knocked on the surface of a strange square object - a box with a screen and a “zero” showing on it - with the tip of his finger. “This is a static score counter. You have to keep it at home. Whenever we need to check how many points you’ve got – there is a small