Lim- Mother Speech

One benefit of CHOCOR was that it allowed for rapid intellectual development in children as young as several months old. CHOCOR-2, it appeared, had only improved the process.

"Lim is due in one month, although I only began to take CHOCOR-2 four days ago, which is when he started to speak with me. We solved the puzzle together about an hour after that first happened."

Ned slowly inched the microphone to her belly-button, prompting a laugh from Ms. Lau.

"Please, Mr. Brillbusker. He can't speak to you. That would be ridiculous."

"Of course. I apologize."

She adjusted the glasses she was wearing.

"I was sent these eyeglasses by a prominent scientist who invented them for me upon request when I wrote to them explaining my situation. CHOCOR-2 is a wondrous invention that allows for even the unborn to excel... still, it has a natural limitation. Some mothers are content to allow their children to laze about in the womb free of stimulating intellectual content, but these glasses allow Lim and I to communicate through thought and share limited amounts of sensory data, letting no second of developmental potential go to waste. It is an umbilical cord for the mind... he reads what I do and so on. I can even beam classical music and various audiobooks directly into his head. As we speak, he's listening to Chopin, his favorite composer."

- Chapter 4: The Fourth Ticket