“You’re looking trim”
“Hacked my brainstem. I can set my metabolism to whatever burn rate I feel like, now.”
“Whuh, how?. I thought you worked in infosec, not neurochemistry”
“That’s the thing, all those biologists were barking up the wrong tree. The interface between the conscious mind and the human body’s deep autonomic systems isn’t chemical”
“What, then.”
“AT commands”