1) A technology
rendered obsolete by Covid.
2) A
quaint human interaction, from the time when people could see another person's face, know whom they were looking at, and respond with feeling.
He saw a sort of female person standing in front of him. She had her ear
pods in and was speaking to someone who was not there. She was wearing a mask, as
required by law and by custom, large sunglasses and a hat. He saw a small patch of skin - her cheeks - and longing for that old feeling once termed
facial recognition, he believed it might or might not be Sarah.
