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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]]
|setting        = [[2600]]
|setting        = [[The Exhalation]], [[2600]]
|writer        = [[Daniel O'Mahony]]
|enemy          = [[The Lady]]
|anthology      = ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''
|writer        = Daniel O'Mahony
|series        = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]''
|anthology      = Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (anthology)
|release date  = [[September (releases)|September]] [[2000 (releases)|2000]]
|series        = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories
|release date  = September 2000
|prev          = The Light that Never Dies (short story)
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|next          = The Monster and the Archaeologists (short story)
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}}'''''Heart of Glass''''' was the fourth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''. It was written by [[Daniel O'Mahony]].
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'''''Heart of Glass''''' was a [[2000 (releases)|2000]] short story written by [[Daniel O'Mahony]] and released in the ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' anthology ''[[The Dead Men Diaries (anthology)|The Dead Men Diaries]]''.


== Summary ==
== Synopsis ==
Benny has been sent by Braxiatel to negotiate access to the [[Ganesh system]] with the secretive [[COMBINE]] corporation on [[the Exhalation]]. She meets with the CEO, known only as "[[the Lady]]"; also in attendance is security consultant [[Ui Tereshkova]], who has pale skin and pink eyes. Benny's first meeting doesn't go very well. The place gives her a headache, and the Lady doesn't seem very cooperative.
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Later, Benny is in the bar. She is joined by Tereshkova, who warns Benny not to go back to her room tonight.
== Plot ==
[[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]] is sent to [[the Exhalation]] by [[Irving Braxiatel|Braxiatel]] to negotiate [[archaeology|archaeological]] access to the [[Ganesh system]] with [[COMBINE]]. She meets with the [[CEO]], known as [[the Lady]], and the [[security consultant]], [[Ui Tereshkova]], who seems to be attracted to her and later warns her not to go back to her room. At night, Benny has strange [[dream]]s about a [[glass]] [[robot|automaton]] and is awoken by a sharp pain in her shoulder. She sees Tereshkova in her room, having smashed the [[empath globe]] in the room.


That night, Benny goes to her room. Her diary is lying nearby, and there is an empath globe in the room. She is very tired, but all night she has strange dreams. She feels a sharp pain in her shoulder. She wakes up, and Tereshkova is in her room, having broken the empath globe.
In the morning, Benny realises that COMBINE took some of her [[DNA]] and confronts the Lady, who has chosen to give the [[Braxiatel Collection]] access to the Ganesh system as she requested. The Lady tells her only that it was part of the exchange and dismisses her, after which Benny finds Tereshkova in her room and learns that she uses a genetic mask to keep COMBINE from taking any of her own DNA. She explains that COMBINE will not do anything with her DNA but that they might sell it on and that they had read [[Bernice Summerfield's diary|her diary]]. Benny is angry, having had everything that she brought with her stolen by the corporation.
 
The next day, Benny meets again with the Lady, who gives her what she came for — access to the Ganesh system. Benny, having realised that some of her DNA was taken from her last night, confronts the Lady, who calmly tells her it was a transaction, then dismisses her.
 
Tereshkova is waiting for Benny in her room. Benny is surprised to see that Tereshkova's skin and hair are becoming darker. She explains that she uses a genetic mask so that COMBINE cannot get any useful DNA from her, but she was late taking her booster so her natural colouring is showing. She tells Benny that someone read her diary, and Benny angrily throws it across the room.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Ui Tereshkova]]
* [[Ui Tereshkova]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* COMBINE was founded in [[New Orleans]] in the [[20th century]].
* COMBINE was founded in [[New Orleans]] in the [[20th century]].
* [[Ui Tereshkova]] is a security consultant.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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Latest revision as of 20:33, 7 March 2024

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Heart of Glass was a 2000 short story written by Daniel O'Mahony and released in the Bernice Summerfield anthology The Dead Men Diaries.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Benny is sent to the Exhalation by Braxiatel to negotiate archaeological access to the Ganesh system with COMBINE. She meets with the CEO, known as the Lady, and the security consultant, Ui Tereshkova, who seems to be attracted to her and later warns her not to go back to her room. At night, Benny has strange dreams about a glass automaton and is awoken by a sharp pain in her shoulder. She sees Tereshkova in her room, having smashed the empath globe in the room.

In the morning, Benny realises that COMBINE took some of her DNA and confronts the Lady, who has chosen to give the Braxiatel Collection access to the Ganesh system as she requested. The Lady tells her only that it was part of the exchange and dismisses her, after which Benny finds Tereshkova in her room and learns that she uses a genetic mask to keep COMBINE from taking any of her own DNA. She explains that COMBINE will not do anything with her DNA but that they might sell it on and that they had read her diary. Benny is angry, having had everything that she brought with her stolen by the corporation.

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