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Sean took a deep breath. "Will you stay switched on?" Grampa looked pics uncomfortable. "Your grandmother used to ask me that. I'd pics promise her I'd do it, every time, but then. . . . It's not pics voluntary, Sean. It's reflex." "It's a learned reflex, Grampa. It's not breathing. You didn't ask to have the surgery, but you learned the reflex all on your own. You allow your attention to drop below the threshold, you allow the chip to switch you off. Some people do it less" -- he jerked his head at the other old men and women, playing their twitch games and shouting argument at each other. "Some don't do it at all." "Bullshit!" Grampa said, leaning forward and planting his hands on his knees -- aggro type-A body language that Sean often found himself assuming. "Urban legend, kid. Everyone learned it. Once you had the surgery, you couldn't help it. You know what I'm talking about, or you wouldn't be here. Your father, too -- if he was ever honest enough to admit it. You've both got it as bad as me, but no one ever tried to cure you."
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