Simon's control was totally wireless as well, and his clothing was most likely designed to stand up to the kind of energy fields that permeated him - Colette's is/was nothing more than a party dress, and as such neither capable nor expected to stand up to what amounts to regulated ball-lightning.
She has established full command/control over the City, and so no longer needs the physical connections she employed earlier - she now commands as Simon did, through direct mental transmission, so the cables withdrew. Her previously-placed autonomous subsystems appear to be supporting the administrative load of the overall network, relieving her of the strain that Simon experienced, having to command the entire city at once.
As far as entities in the network, she felt her father moving through the network as he was physically moving through the city - I think she felt Beausoleil the same way, as =he= was physically moving through the city.
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Re: Comment from my off-Lair friend...
Date: 2017-06-19 01:38 am (UTC)She has established full command/control over the City, and so no longer needs the physical connections she employed earlier - she now commands as Simon did, through direct mental transmission, so the cables withdrew. Her previously-placed autonomous subsystems appear to be supporting the administrative load of the overall network, relieving her of the strain that Simon experienced, having to command the entire city at once.
As far as entities in the network, she felt her father moving through the network as he was physically moving through the city - I think she felt Beausoleil the same way, as =he= was physically moving through the city.
But we'll see in the morning. :)