Thus defended, Andrew watched the world through the last neural link it had left open and waited for the opportunity to regain control. Andrew’s sensory link was surprisingly good considering the few neurons that formed his information pipeline; his visual information had been slightly degraded by the change in the shape of his eyeballs, giving him the normal nearsidedness of infancy. His auditory input wasn’t as acute as he would have desired, originally his rejuvenation had made the perceptions by his cochlea incredibly sensitive and had increased both his auditory acuity and discrimination. The same condition prevailed for his sense of touch and smell. Still, he had sensory input and for that he was thankful.