Upgrade checked the fit of a small headband studded with light-emitting diodes as she approached an ATM nestled in the corner of two intersecting buildings. She subconsciously noted the ruffians defacing the bus stop, but dismissed them as an initial threat; if they became interested in her, she would think of something. There were more important matters to attend to. Her stomach rumbled, as if to remind her.<br/><br/>She pressed a momentary switch she'd routed through her stained and ragged hooded sweatshirt. Though the diodes produced no visible light, she felt certain they were doing their jobs perfectly. A small smile stole its way across her lips. Most of what she did, she could blame on the uncertainties of her life and how she had been forced to live. This was different. This, she<span style="font-style: italic">knew</span>was wrong. It was exciting.<br/><br/>The folly of blind technological advancement was about to put her on a temporary payroll. In the old days security cameras would have used physical film. These days they were all digital. Digital cameras would detect more wavelengths of light than the human eye, including infrared. It was that weakness that she now exploited, her headband washing out her head and shoulders with what would appear to the camera as a blinding white light.<br/><br/>She withdrew a card from one of many concealed pockets and inserted it into the machine. Just yesterday, she'd waited in the shadows for hours before a suitable target showed up here; a man in a suit with money to spare, who had apparently not been informed that remote reading (and copying) of unshielded cards was possible. More folly of advancement without thinking; they'd produced a card with a wireless ID and heralded it as more "convenient" than having to slide it through the machine. How these people could not know the weaknesses in their own systems was baffling to her. She entered the man's personal identification number and emptied the account of as much cash as the machine would allow, then retreated into the shadows with her prize.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Now what</span>, she wondered.<span style="font-style: italic">Can't eat anywhere near here. Too close to the scene.</span><br/><br/>She decided to resurface a few blocks away. There was no sense being reckless about this. The growling in her gut would wait until then.