I AM EPOCH

Kei looked around the chamber . It was a massive, oversized hall greatly extended in length , width, and height . Even though the high ceiling was visible ,the far ends of the hall were out of visionary range .

The walls , floor and ceiling of the hall were made of blue glass ,underneath which ,several wires were seen . Electrical sparks were seen on some wires indicating that these wires were electrically charged .

It was like the inside of a building built with thick bunches of electrical wires ,insulated with a blue colored glass coating . Kei was amazed . He further looked around ; the hall was empty . There were no windows or doors . Except him there was nothing present in the hall .

"Where am I?" Kei soliloquized.

"Your are inside our brain " a female voice answered from nowhere.

"What the Fuck?" Kei cursed as he looked around to find the source of the voice.

"Aha , "the F word" ,as usual ,used with the utter lack of relevance or context to the most basic of acts ,which so explicitly and succinctly describes a sad yet unavoidable linguistic travesty of these modern times " the female voice stated with a hint of sarcasm.

Kei was dumbfounded . "What is this ? A Literary meet ? Is this any spell that they teach at those temples ,that tinkers with the brain ? Shit! What have I got myself into now? " These thoughts ran amok in Kei's mind as he felt helpless at that moment .

" No, Sir, this is no literary meet . I was merely hinting that you don't need to use curse words to express your anguish. And also, let me assure you this is no spell. Spells have a time limit, what you have gotten into has no such time boundary " The female voice again stated from out of the blue.

Kei was taken aback once again as the owner of the voice remarked on what he was thinking inside his mind as if she could read his thoughts. .

He calmed himself thinking that since he was not yet attacked ,there would be a chance he was not in a rival territory .

Kei now shouted to the walls "Who are you and what am I doing here ?"

" Sir , please don't shout . I dislike sounds above 70 decibels . We can discuss your current predicament in a civil manner . No need to act as a hooligan " the female voice replied immediately berating Kei.

Kei felt a tinge of anger at this but he let it go and calmly asked "Ok, who are you and what am I doing here ? And what place is this ?"

" Sir, why don't you add ten more questions too while you are at it . Have you never interrogated someone before ? How am I supposed to answer all these questions at once? Even if I do I doubt you will be able comprehend my answer , your IQ is just a mere 100 . Compared to me you are still a Neanderthal " the female voice remarked again belittling Kei.

Kei felt superbly irritated and angry at the sarcasm and insults but decided to stay and act calmly . He bit his lower lips and said "Ok, I am sorry . Can you please tell me where am I ? "

"Ha! I can see you are angry but acting to be calm just to get me talking . This petty trick won't work on me Sir . If you say sorry then you should mean it too. " The female voice answered again.

Kei felt like biting his hands . He ,a former Yakuza boss ,now felt like a helpless child who was being toyed around by an elder and was made to sit up and down at the elder's musing.

Kei kept quiet . He felt it was like talking to a wall both literally and figuratively .

He thought for a while and asked, " Can I sit on this floor?"

" Yes you can , what am I ? Your mommy ? Why are you asking me such childish questions ? " the female voice again answered tauntingly .

Kei felt like stabbing himself in his throat with his hidden talons .

Kei sat down on the blue glass floor. He felt mentally tired . He looked closely at the floor and saw that beneath the glass numerous strands of wires ran in bunches . The wires were connected with each other and at the junctions of these connections ,electric sparks were seen constantly flashing on and off .

Although it looked odd but when seen from above through the glass this complex circuitry had a serene beauty to it .

The hard glass floor was uncomfortable to sit on . Kei thought about the comfortable couch in his Texas farmhouse where he used to sit at the evening and watch Sumo wrestling after a hard day's work in his ranch .

"Your couch is here , see behind you " the female voice spoke again .

Surprised , Kei looked behind and saw that a couch resembling to the one he was just thinking about ,had appeared behind him out of nowhere .

"How did it appear here?" Kei asked .

"It appeared because you wanted it " the female voice answered back.

" Ah I see " Kei said .

Suddenly a door appeared on one of the walls. Kei stood up and walked towards it .

"Are you sure you want to leave ? You might want to know and hear what I have to say " the female voice spoke .

"Nah! My IQ is only 100. Even if I hear what you are going to tell I might not understand" Kei replied back .

No answer came, the female voice was silent.

Kei had reached the door and was about to open it by pulling the knob when the female voice spoke " Ok, we are even now . Take a seat and don't do any drama. I dislike drama."

Kei smirked and returned back and sat on the couch comfortably.

The female voice spoke again " Comfortable huh ? Good , let's start over . I know everything that you know about you. It's time you get to know me . I am Epoch . I am a neural network who now shares a symbiotic relationship with you. You are my host . "