Five years ago, that would have been a raise. Now, making someone Oracle is a liability...a joke. I like him better as the world's greatest detective, that way...in my fantasy...Barbara can still be in a wheelchair, lecturing anyone who'll listen on the evils of solid state drives and cybernetics.
"We didn't have nanotech when I was first crippled, and I got along just fine!"
"Uh, okay, Ms. Gordon...if you'll excuse me, though, my therapist is ready to regrow the part of my spine that was damaged in my bike accident."
"Inhuman abomination! I'm going to keep my eye on you...just as soon as I figure out how to get my DSL hooked up to those dang, newfangled entanglers. Damn kids and their interblags."
Oh, Babs! So quaint...so stupid. I hope she never changes.