One theme given serious attention, though, is the merger of man and machine, encapsulated in the character of Dixie, a former cyber-cowboy who is now a ‘ROM construct’, living a virtual existence in a computer deck, no longer alive as a physiological organism. Molly, the team’s brawn, possesses retractable razor claws and implanted glasses, grafted onto her skin, both modifications purchased; a refined ‘upgrade’ of today’s liposuctions and breast implants. Characters who possess brain sockets, built to accept microsofts, software that permit instance to entire worlds of knowledge and skills, are the norm.