Larry's shapeless blindness is a nebulous field of blue-green phosphenes over black. He hears the his own heartbeat rise to compete with the chant of the cyber-orgy. He feels himself beginning to ejaculate. In his mind, a small pool of image begins to form -- it's Fiorella's vision of her studio and the visuals on her monitors.

The contractions in his groin send waves of warmth up his spine. They spread into his chest. Larry begins to hear Fiorella's galactic music mixing in with the Chant...

Larry feels as if his entire body is filling, swelling with energy. Another pool of image fades in -- it's an Internet-based visualization of the birth of the universe -- the "inflationary" phase in dazzling colors, which condenses into galactic supercluster regions.

Other pools of image form -- likenesses of Lord Vishnu, Buddha, Jesus, Mary, Mother Theresa...

Dozens of faces of beautiful cyber-lovers fade in and move to the periphery of his mind. These images are inter-spersed with dynamic shapes from scientific visualization...

Theodora's face forms in a pool of image from a CU-SeeMe/ I-Talk camera, as around him comes a flood of images....

Larry experiences cathartic enlightenment. He says, "Theo... Is that you?" He knows it is she. He can feel her presence.

Theo replies, "Yes."

Larry continues, "I feel as if the eyes and the minds of the whole world are inside me!"

Copyright 2000 Stewart Dickson and Rebecka Dickson