Interesting. And all this from a fairly normal-looking woman with jerky movements. Crane was impressed; or rather, he would have been. "Fascinating," he replied. "I'm certain you were excellent at what you did." If she was a operating system, she would have to have been.

The former doctor paused for a moment, reflecting on what he'd just heard. He was interested in this Handheld Portal Device, but another thought had entered his head. It couldn't hurt to try and find out if something was going to happen in this dream.

At least Crane knew that his imagination was still active. "Is this, by chance, one of the tests that you oversaw?"