She gripped the counter for balance. Her spine was at the wrong angle, her legs felt heavy and unsteady, and there was an insistent pressure on the soles of her feet. She hated being offline, but at least she was better-off than some of the other users in Cap-East-1. The more tightly coupled types who didn’t (or couldn’t) perform their embodiment exercises. Wrangling an uncooperative body was better than spinning out like them any day.