A Way to Hear More Voices

Though it was certainly more fun to simply take things from other people around her, Thana had no qualms about claiming free items that were legitimately up for grabs.

The young woman walked casually down the street, a mischievous little smirk on his lips was that was always present whenever she was in command. Thana was merely one of three identities that occasionally controlled the body of Trinity, and the two of them could not be more different from one another. Beside her walked a stern looking woman with striking blue eyes and brown hair cut so short it didn’t even reach her ears.

“Why exactly are we here again?” Aeron asked gruffly, glaring at everyone that they passed as if she expected any of them to attack her at any given moment. They wouldn’t, of course. In fact, no one else even knew she was there. Aeron was yet another identity from the host body, one that Thana knew well and could see as if the woman were actually standing beside her, though in truth she was little more than a hallucination.

Thana’s smirk deepened. She was always amused by her companion’s grouchiness. “To get an iLac, my dear,” she said. “They’re giving them away for free. It would be silly of us not to take advantage of that.” The more devious of the personalities walked on toward the store in question, ignoring the number of people that stopped to stare at her when they realized she was talking to herself.

Aeron growled under her breath. “Okay, but why? Those are tools for communication, and we don’t have anyone that we need to be in contact with. What’s the purpose of getting one?”

“They can be used for more than just communication, Aeron. These devices access a database of information. Unlimited information. Surely you can see the benefit of having such a resource at your disposal?”

“Fine,” the other woman finally said, unable to refute the logic and clearly unhappy about it. “But let’s get in and out as quickly as possible. No dallying like you usually do. There’s far too many people out there for my liking.”

Thana shook her head and chuckled a little. “Always so paranoid. You should know by now the only person you need to worry about is me, not the rest of these pathetic fools.”

Blue eyes snapped at her in a hard expression. “Oh don’t you worry, Thana. You’re always number one of my list of people to keep an eye on.”

“Aw, you’re so sweet..” Thana crooned, as though she’d been complimented. The conversation ended there, but mostly because Aeron knew if she continued to reply she’d just wind up causing a scene and drawing more attention to them. It took little more than twenty minutes for her to get in and out of the building, brand new iLac in hand.