The Flower of Shazui (Shaman predicts future)

“Please, tell me if he’s all right.” My face is full of tears even though I don’t remember crying. The wooden shaman mask glowers at me with its round eyeholes, orange light reflecting off the surface. The face is that of an angry goddess. Through the eyeholes I can see a strange glint in her eyes: blue sparkling flashes, very high in frequency. Suddenly I understand. The mask is nothing more than a fucking well-made disguise for a pair of augmented reality glasses. All this time, I’ve thought that Big Sister Shen is just a fraud pretending to be a medium and making her money by telling her clients what they want to hear. But she actually has real power. Guessing conservatively, her information privilege level must be set to at least level IIA or above, giving her the power to access an individual’s private file based on facial recognition.