You fall to the floor, sobbing. "What does this mean? What does any of this mean?!"

Then you hear a voice, emanating from your wrist, saying, "By the stars, meatbag, pull yourself together!"

It's TRUDI, your wrist-mounted AI. Her square, holographically green head is scowling at you intently.

"Buh... but I don't know what I'm supposed to do, and there's all those aliens over there, and... and..."

"Pathetic!" TRUDI snaps. "Stand up. Stand up right now!"

You obey her, wiping your sticky face on your sleeve.

"Now," she says, "there's a creature over there that looks like an Earth vole, and he's holding a sign that is clearly meant for you. If you don't want to talk to him, you can probably get lost in the crowd, and you'll avoid him, though I don't know what that'll achieve in the long-run. Or, you might want to help out that cleaning robot that's just got kicked and damaged."

You hadn't even noticed the bot until TRUDI pointed it out.

She has got a point about your options, though.

So, if you'd like to talk to the creature with the sign, turn to page 7.
If you'd prefer to disappear in the crowd of aliens, scamper over to page 6.
Or, if you want to give the prone cleaning bot your attention, turn to page 24.