Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror

'''Anderson, Kevin, and Doug Beason. "Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror."' Anthologized in Full Spectrum'' (q.v under Anthologies): [206]-18.

Within the "yin-yang mirrors" (208) of the Magnetic Mirror Fusion Facility, there is some Thing (209) that manages to communicate with humans. The protagonist's mother had spent some time in a coma, dying of cancer, while "connected to a wall full of electronic machines" (211), which makes the contact with the creature inside the MMFF especially traumatic for him.