"Pain" registered to Jaden's brain, his gaze fixed upon what had remained of the computer console in the United Nations building there in New York City and only some of the systems remaining fully functional. After their last fight, it had taken a pretty nasty shock from Dumisani the last time and much of the hard drive was completely wiped or damaged severely. Nevertheless, the machines were functional as they registered a kind of "pain" only he could feel, emotions of the machines others found hard to believe. But Jaden's technopathic skills enabled him to "speak" and "feel" them at will. But his primary objective was to be certain they were working enough some information could be downloaded or found and he finally pulled his hand away, losing that almost intimate connection he seemed t