<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f6/Fang%27s_Avatar.jpg)</div><br/>He could feel warm flesh under a smooth shawl.  Just like Fang's avatar was translucent, he could also pass his hand through her if he thought about it, but the same nerve impulses that told him what he felt gave him an instinctive response of how to hold his hand to not do so.  The virtual naga turned to him and stopped, looking up and smiling.  "New to augmented reality, tall man?"  She was blushing softly.  (Used to having darker skin, Fang didn't usually expect people to see slight blushes.)  "It's not what I really feel like," she held up her hand and offered it to him.  "The whole body is came preprogrammed and i just customized it a little.  I don't think it'll really feel like me 'til i get a bit more muscle tone.  Go on, hold my hand," she grinned.  "The body you're seeing is a program on my com link but I control it with my thoughts.  The com link has a map of the metahuman brain and it's adjusted to the specifics of mine-same as yours.  The headband in my hat reads impulses from my brain and sends them back with gentle impulses of targeted electricity at specific frequencies.  The com link translates my thoughts into instructions for the avatar.  It projects the avatar into your com link--and actually into com links around us, too.  If anyone who passes by has augmented reality on, they can see me here.  your com link sends the information on what i want you to perceive to your trodes, which send the information to your brain."  She took his hands.  "it's two way.  i can feel your hand."  She held his hand lightly.  Feels about right, too.  Strong.  Warm.  A little bit coarse."  She smiled up at him and blushed a little harder.  "your com knowes more or less what you feel like, and translates that back to me."