Miguel nodded as she explained about the manuals, and laughed a little at her calling them rebels. And then she asked about Gabri and he stopped to think. "I don't know if I had to," he admitted, "on purpose, at least. Gabe's always been good with computers, and he watched me a lot when we were kids. He's an artist now, he designs and programmes 3-D landscape holograms for schools. He freelances as well, but the holograms are his main job. Lyla, do you have any of his work saved?"
Lyla manifested off to the side of them both, and suddenly vanished. In her place there was a small diorama, roughly a cubic meter in size, of a Native American settlement, with people going about their daily business in the background. The main characters appeared to be a couple of young women talking to each other and giggling while two young men lead horses past them. All of it looked extremely realistic, despite the fact that it was all colored yellow and slightly see-thru.
"All the characters would be interactive if it was Gabe's actual work, and the people are life-size. The holos are usually designed to fill a classroom, so that the kids can learn things by talking to all the different people," Miguel signed, "but the projectors in my watch are nowhere near as good as the ones that are installed in schools."
Talking about his brother was nowhere near as interesting as a tree with a pulse, though. Miguel waited until Maria was finished explaining and then made his way over to the tree in question. He placed the flat of his hand against the trunk and waited.