Piano Song Killing Eve [Short Story]

01 Science Fiction · Suspense | Common Brain

Finale: use science to verify love and betrayal, and use experiments to achieve absolute possession.

Act One

As if the light was cast from a star tens of thousands of light-years away, the world was a vast expanse of whiteness. Cui Yi heard his own panting, and felt that scattered consciousness was slowly gathering towards the center of this expanse of whiteness.

Gradually, the consciousness gathered enough for Cui Yi to open his eyes, and he was able to see clearly that the whiteness was facing the light of the incandescent lamp on the ceiling.

He wanted to move, but felt dizzy and couldn't help moaning; the shaky vision and distorted scene were like the uneasiness and fear of human beings when they were born.

This is Cui Yi's waking up. He doesn't know where he is, why he fell asleep, why he woke up, and he doesn't even know who he is.

A man in a black suit walked into the field of vision, looking at him with the eyes of an experimental subject.

"How? Can you see me?"

"Ah..." Cui Yi groaned as an answer.

"Yeah!" The man nodded in satisfaction, "It's okay, take your time, try to stand up first."

The man got closer, and Cui Yi felt that he pulled his arm, and then lifted his back. With his help, Cui Yi sat up, but suddenly felt dizzy, and he couldn't help moaning a few more times.

After a short rest, the man tried to help him stand up again, guiding him to move forward.

"Come on, take a look at yourself." The man pointed to a mirror in front of him, giving instructions like hypnosis.

Cui Yi looked in the direction the man pointed, and saw a woman in the mirror facing him.

"Ah—" Cui Yi exclaimed.

The woman in the mirror also showed a terrified expression, her mouth opened in the shape of "ah". Because of the fright, Cui Yi's legs were a little weak, but he saw the woman in the mirror staggering backwards.

Cui Yi felt that his consciousness was in that woman's body.

Second act

Cui Yi sat uneasy on the sofa, and the woman who appeared in the mirror was standing beside the sofa at the moment, like a robot, with dull eyes and expressionless face.She is Cui Yi's wife Hu Ying.

The layout of the room is like a hospital lounge. Cui Yi and Hu Ying are both wearing white hospital gowns. Compared with the straight black suit of the man sitting opposite them, the color, mentality, and situation all form a sharp polarity .

Cui Yi looked this person up and down, with fear and anxiety about the unknown in his eyes.

That man was the one who guided Cui Yi just now. Seeing Cui Yi's nervous expression, he chuckled a few times to show that there was no malice.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am the technical director of the 'Human Consciousness and Emotion Research Center'. It is said to be a research center, but it is actually a listed company. Our company is currently researching a product."

The technical director stopped on purpose, waiting to see Cui Yi's reaction.

Cui Yi really showed a confused expression, and asked tremblingly, "What... what product?"

The technical director is smiling, but behind that smile is an unconcealable arrogance and arrogance: "Our product is called 'Common Brain'."

Cui Yi turned pale with fright, and his reaction was exactly what the technical director expected and wanted to see.

"Mr. Cui, you and Mrs. Zun are the first pair of experimental products from theory to practice of our 'shared brain model'."

Cui Yi pondered for a while, then suddenly became furious, and shouted sharply: "What... what is the 'shared brain mode'? Why did you choose me to do the experiment?"

The technical director chuckled a few times again, obviously anticipating Cui Yi's reaction, and he replied in a professional and calm tone: "It is Madam's wish to choose you."

Cui Yi rolled his eyes a few times, then looked at Hu Ying who had been standing by his side, and stared at her fiercely. At this moment, he suddenly showed a sad expression, his face was distorted, and a burst of pain came from deep in his heart. There was a burst of grief, but this feeling did not belong to him. He looked at Hu Ying in amazement, but Hu Ying remained expressionless.

The technical director suddenly became excited. He leaned forward and asked, "You can feel her emotions, right?"

Cui Yi was at a loss, he was confused and scared.

As if using this method to tease the taste, the technical director began to formally explain the principle of the shared brain mode when Cui Yi was at a loss.

He was sitting upright, as if a pious believer was preaching: "Mr. Cui, you are an expert in the study of the human brain. Let me explain briefly, and I believe you will understand."

"The co-brain mode is to use the calculation and adjustment of precision instruments to adjust the brainwaves of one person to the same frequency as the brainwaves of another person, so as to form brainwave resonance, and two people can form a whole similar to bee colony thinking. Consciousness, thereby sharing a brain pattern.

"Because the possessed brain waves are tuned to the master's brain, the shared brain patterns form the master's consciousness, and the possessed's consciousness is enclosed in the subconscious of the master's consciousness. As a result of the surgery, you can control both a body."

Cui Yi knew which two bodies he could control, and he felt flustered like never before. He looked at Hu Ying, then at the technical director, then lowered his head and blinked helplessly. He didn't know when it started. His legs were sore, so he subconsciously kneaded them.

"It's useless for you to do that." The technical director said proudly, as if he had controlled Cui Yi's fate.

Cui Yi raised his head in surprise, looked directly at the technical director, and was speechless for a moment.

"Your current leg pain is not from 'Cui Yi', but from your possession. You see, Mrs. Zun has been standing all the time."

The technical director looked at Hu Ying, and Cui Yi followed his gaze to look at his wife. She was still standing beside the sofa expressionlessly like a robot that hadn't started.

The technical director was very polite: "Now, please try to use your subconscious mind to control Mrs. Zun's body and sit down."

"How...how is this possible? How...what should I do?"

"It's not complicated, just like ordinary people feel their head itches, and their hands naturally scratch."

Cui Yi was skeptical. Under the guidance of the technical director, he concentrated on looking at Hu Ying, with an expression like a wizard trying to tell "ideas".

"Come on, try it... Yes! Concentrate! Just like this, you feel sore legs, you need to sit down with your body to relieve it, yes, just think like this!"

During this process, Hu Ying moved her body and sat on the sofa.

The technical director smiled with satisfaction, put his hands together, and said: "It is not easy to take care of others and care about another person's body sincerely, but in the shared brain mode, this is the instinct of survival."

Cui Yi was speechless, his eyes rolled uneasily.

The technical director picked up a portable computer and continued to talk to Cui Yi while operating it.

"Very well, so far, 35 percent of our hypothesized responses have been confirmed. Now, let me explain the phenomenon of emotional empathy."

He put away the computer and looked at Cui Yi: "Hu Ying's brain waves have been regulated to be consistent with Cui Yi's, but her brain structure will still affect Cui Yi's subconscious, and Hu Ying's feelings are in Cui Yi's mind." It is formed and developed in the subconscious mind of the brain, so you will feel Hu Ying's emotions, which is the emotional empathy under the shared brain mode."

Speaking of this, the technical director smiled mischievously and said, "Don't blame your wife casually in the future, don't even think about it."

This is the veritable "don't even think about it", Cui Yi shook his head involuntarily because he couldn't believe it.

"This...how is this possible?"

The technical director continued: "As for why emotions survive in the subconscious, there is no scientific research to explain this problem. However, for your own peace, you must always pay attention to the emotions of another person. This has indeed become a must in the shared brain mode. skills."

"Human emotions... are the most wonderful research objects." Cui Yiwu murmured to himself.

The technical director leaned forward again, and said in a flattering tone: "Ah, you are an expert in the study of consciousness and emotion. What I said just now was really outrageous, I'm sorry!"

Act Three

In this way, Cui Yi started a new life in the "shared brain" mode.

In the early morning, Cui Yi woke up, and Hu Ying, who was sleeping next to him, also opened her eyes. They got up together, washed together, and did the trivial things in the morning life. Amplifier".

He also remembers the technical director's instructions:

"Normal brain waves are very tiny, and even sophisticated instruments cannot measure and intervene, so you must use brain wave amplifiers. This pair of instruments is the ring on your hands.

"Even with this kind of equipment, the brain waves are amplified to the extent that they can be manipulated, but only within a range of 100 meters in diameter.

"That is to say, the distance between the main body and the possessed body is at most 100 meters in diameter. You are husband and wife, so such intimacy should not be inconvenient."

Hu Ying was cooking in the kitchen, while Cui Yi was sitting on the sofa in the living room. In fact, Cui Yi's consciousness had entered Hu Ying's body at this time and was controlling Hu Ying's behavior.

After Hu Ying set up a table of food, she turned into a "robot" again. At the same time, Cui Yi's body regained its vitality. He walked to the table, glanced at Hu Ying with some annoyance, and Hu Ying sat down.

Cui Yi also sat down, and the two began to eat.

It can be seen that Cui Yi has adapted to the life of sharing the brain with Hu Ying. He can switch the body mode, but he can't control the behavior of the two bodies at the same time.

For this phenomenon, the technical director gave the following tips:

"The main body can switch consciousness between the main body and the main body at will, that is to say, you can live with your own body and act with Hu Ying's body.

"It's just that if the two bodies act at the same time, since the subject's superficial consciousness controls the subject itself, then the subject can only use the subconscious to control the possession.

"The ability to control the subconscious mind still needs to be practiced. Therefore, the behavior of possession will be very unnatural in the early stage of the operation. Please stay at home as much as possible to avoid being seen by outsiders as abnormal."

As for work, Cui Yi arranged Hu Ying in the research institute where he worked.Hu Ying was a member here before her marriage and is very familiar with stylized work.Cui Yi is of course also familiar with those jobs, so he can use his subconscious to control Hu Ying's work, and ensure that the distance between the two does not exceed 100 meters in diameter.

And such an arrangement is also forced by the "shared brain" model:

No matter how developed the subconscious mind is, it must be in a subordinate position. Therefore, after practice, when the subject consciousness controls both bodies at the same time, the words and deeds of the possessed body can only be limited to the habitual actions and words that the main possessed body is familiar with.

"You are husband and wife, and you used to be colleagues. You have a lot in common in life and work, so you should soon be able to appear in public like two normal people." The technical director once predicted.

Act Four

Why is Cui Yi willing to endure the many inconveniences brought about by the "shared brain" model?The reason is very simple, but it is the word "interest".

On that day, after the operation, Cui Yi listened to all the explanations of the "shared brain" model by the technical director, but he actually refused - not only refused, but also extremely angry.

***

"No! I don't want to become a monster!"

The technical director comforted like a child: "Don't get excited, just think about it, in the shared brain mode, the consciousness of Mrs. Zun belongs to you, you can feel all the emotions of Mrs. Zun, and you can be inseparable. How many couples can't wait for it? "

"I don't want to be inseparable from her!"

At this time, Cui Yi burst into tears, which was the effect of Hu Ying's emotions in her subconscious.This made Cui Yi even more annoyed, and also aggravated his aversion to the "shared brain" experiment.

The technical director was a little disappointed. He shook his head and said, "It seems that we overestimated your feelings for your wife."

He picked up the computer again, operated it a few times, and then put it back to the original place: "I just asked the boss for instructions, and [-] million US dollars has been remitted to your overseas account."

"What... what?"

"Our condition is: Please stick to the shared brain mode for one year, and help us finish the experiment. After the experiment is completed, we will cancel the shared brain mode, and you and Ms. Hu Ying will be free again."

Cui Yi smiled greedily, with an expression of "why didn't you say it earlier", but deep down in his heart, there was a cry.

Act Five

At the birthday dinner led by Cui Yi, he and Hu Ying attended in costumes. Seeing this intimate couple, several colleagues gathered around to compliment:

"Cui Yi is really a model husband, look, he has been holding his wife's hand."

"That's right, look at Hu Ying, how gentle her smile is, her whole person has become quiet."

"The two of them have become more and more tacit understanding. I saw several times, two people doing the same action at the same time, it is almost one person."

"I saw old Cui feeding Hu Ying just now!"

Amidst the laughter of colleagues, Cui Yi and Hu Ying nodded politely.At this time, behind them, a beautiful woman whispered Cui Yi's name.

"Cui Yi?" The coquettish voice could not be resisted by any man.

Cui Yi and Hu Ying turned their heads together, and they moved in the same way. Outsiders seem to envy the tacit understanding between the husband and wife, but in fact, this is the stress response of the sudden stimulation of the possessed and the subject in the shared brain mode. .

Cui Yi was overjoyed when he saw the woman.

"Lucy! Long time no see, you..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly grinned. It turned out that Hu Ying's negative emotions were at work. He glanced at Hu Ying and restrained his tone, "You Where is the height?"

Lucy was Cui Yi's colleague. Cui Yi never heard from her after quitting her well-paid researcher job a year ago.

But Lucy asked in surprise: "Didn't Hu Ying tell you?"

Both Cui Yi and Hu Ying showed blank expressions. In this state, Cui Yi no longer cared about controlling Hu Ying, so his and Hu Ying's movements and expressions tended to be the same, both of which were sudden and stimulating stress reactions.

Lucy glanced at Hu Ying with some dissatisfaction, and then said to Cui Yi: "I'm in a biotechnology incubation company abroad."

At this moment, Lucy suddenly approached Cui Yi, and the distance between the two became ambiguous. Lucy's voice was very soft, as if she was blowing into Cui Yi's chest.

"Your wife, I know."

This is a pun, and the implication is that your wife not only knows about my new job, but also knows about my personal relationship with you.

At this moment, both Cui Yi and Hu Ying panicked, but Cui Yi quickly grinned again. He glared at Hu Ying, and then showed a cautious expression. He is not afraid of his wife being jealous now, as long as he works hard to control Hu Ying. Ying's emotions are fine.

Seeing this, Lucy laughed and joked, "You are so considerate to Hu Ying. An old married couple is still so sweet. You must reject my boss because you don't want to part with your wife!"

Cui Yi was confused and asked, "Reject your boss? What do you mean?"

Lucy showed a surprised expression again: "Don't you know? I went to your house last month, and you were not here, so I gave Hu Ying the invitation letter from my boss. My boss is very sincere, and the company is developing a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Drugs for Haimer's disease, you have been working on this project for many years, as long as you are willing to join, we will definitely be able to successfully develop a specific drug, and the project will be quite profitable."

"It must be more than [-] million US dollars?!" Cui Yi blurted out.

Lucy chuckled, and replied in a slightly mocking tone: "[-] million US dollars? That's the net income of this project for one year, right?"

She nudged Cui Yi on the shoulder: "What's wrong with you? You've been guarding your wife these few years, and your vision has become smaller?"

After Lucy finished speaking, she gave Cui Yi a meaningful wink and left.

Cui Yi froze on the spot and fell into deep thought. After a while, he couldn't help frowning again. The expression on his face was very painful. Hu Ying's emotions affected him again.

Cui Yi guessed that it must be that Hu Ying didn't want him to go abroad for development, and in order to prevent him from contacting Lucy, she didn't give him the invitation letter.But now that Lucy accidentally exposed this incident, Cui Yi's subconscious felt Hu Ning's guilt.

Thinking of this, Cui Yi yelled at Hu Ying: "You woman is really annoying!"

02

Act [-]

In the corner of the banquet, Cui Yi placed his wife on the sofa, and then followed Lucy to the terrace.

As soon as he entered this dimly lit corner, Lucy stepped forward and gave him a hug, Cui Yi was once again affected by Hu Ying's emotions, and twisted his face uncontrollably, he couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "I know I'm jealous! "

"What did you say?" Lucy asked in surprise.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Cui Yi smiled awkwardly, and then expressed his feelings directly, "Well...I want to say, help me to contact your boss again!"

After hearing this, Lucy showed a seductive smile: "I knew it, you're just pretending. If you love your wife, you'll still be with me..."

Cui Yi tried his best to show the same interest as Lucy, but Hu Ying's subconscious emotions always came out to spoil the fun.

"I remember that day..." Lucy said while blowing into Cui Yi's ear, her voice was panting, "You have... this smell, you still smoke that kind of cigarette and wear that kind of perfume, The perfume I sent..."

Lucy's words kept stimulating Hu Ying's emotional system in Cui Yi's subconscious, and Hu Ying's sadness continued to increase, causing Cui Yi to cry uncontrollably.Seeing this, Lucy frowned and looked at him like a madman.

Lucy scolded, "What's wrong with you?"

Cui Yi dodged Lucy's gaze, but his abnormality had been fully exposed, thinking that if he annoyed Lucy, his future would be in jeopardy.

So he became angry from embarrassment, walked up to Hu Ying who had been sitting quietly on the sofa, and slapped her without saying anything, and suddenly felt a burst of pain in his right cheek, he and Hu Ying raised their hands to cover their cheeks at the same time.

But everyone present was shocked, Mr. Good Man got angry for no reason.

Lucy walked into the crowd, regained her professional dignity, and solemnly said to Cui Yi: "I will help you buy another week. If you want to seize the opportunity, fly over within a week." Meet my boss."

Act [-]

Cui Yi and Hu Ying rushed into the living room of the research center at the same pace, followed by several people, warning them that they would call the police if they forced their way in.

Cui Yi didn't care, until he bumped into the technical director, he and Hu Ying finally stopped.

Because the subject's emotional venting is too intense, the possessed body enters the self-preservation mode. During Cui Yi's hysterical process, Hu Ying remains motionless like a robot.

"I want to cancel the shared brain mode! Now! Immediately!" Cui Yi shouted loudly.

The technical director was puzzled and looked at him hesitantly.

"I don't want it anymore, what is a hundred million dollars? I want to get rid of this woman immediately!" Cui Yi pointed to Hu Ying.

The technical director felt a little helpless. He walked aside and called the boss, then walked back and said to Cui Yi: "My boss expresses regret for the termination of the cooperation."

Act [-]

A month later, Hu Ying walked into a villa domineeringly wearing a long black dress and ultra-stiletto high heels. Her arrogance stemmed from the loser's defense of self-esteem. To be precise, it was the result of a frustrated woman in love. scene.

As she walked towards a restaurant in the villa, she recalled the real scene of her meeting with Lucy a month ago.

***

In the banquet hall of the private club, Lucy was drinking coffee elegantly at the table, and Hu Ying opposite her looked very sad, but she was trying to cheer herself up.

"Even... even if that kind of thing really happened between you, I believe Cui Yi was just confused for a while." Speaking of this, Hu Ying cast a hateful look at Lucy, "You must have seduced him!"

Lucy sneered, then shook her head helplessly, and said, "Well, let's test who Cui Yi loves."

Hu Ying showed a puzzled expression, and after listening to Lucy's introduction of the so-called "Test Love" plan, Hu Ying was too shocked to speak.

"I know you won't be able to give me an answer for a while, our technology is so unbelievable. Three days, I'll give you three days to think about it."

Three days later, Hu Ying walked into the living room of the research center with serious thoughts. Lucy sat on the sofa and watched her slowly approaching, like a cheetah spying on its prey.

Hu Ying sat across from Lucy, pursing her lips tightly.

"Tell me, your decision?"

Hu Ying took a deep breath and replied firmly: "I am willing to be the subject of the experiment."

"Very well, what about our conditions?"

"If the person he loves is not me, I will quit!"

"Okay, I'll arrange your shared brain surgery right away. Let's see how Cui Yi will treat you in such an 'intimate' situation."

Act [-]

Hu Ying walked into the restaurant of the villa, where Lucy and Cui Yi were dining elegantly at the table.When Lucy saw Hu Ying, she raised her right hand and greeted her in a warm tone: "Hi, Hu Ying!"

Lucy glanced lightly at Cui Yi, so Cui Yi turned his head to look at Hu Ying, showing a courteous smile.

Hu Ying ignored Lucy and went straight to Cui Yi.

Lucy said frivolously: "I said I would win, it's better to give Cui Yi to me earlier."

Hu Ying still turned a deaf ear to Lucy's ridicule, she slapped Cui Yi hard, but at this moment Lucy frowned, obviously feeling pain.Cui Yi also showed the same expression as Lucy, and rubbed his cheeks with his hands.

Lucy suppressed the pain and anger, and let out a sneer: "Now we don't owe each other."

Act ten

Lucy and Cui Yi stood on the balcony, overlooking the city at the foot of the villa.Cui Yi is still smiling, like a puppet, smiling beautifully, but not real.

Lucy looked into the distance, as if talking to the air: "Do you know how much effort I have put into the 'Shared Brain' technology?

"I have been carefully selecting subjects for the experiment, you and Hu Ying, one is unfaithful to feelings, the other is conceited on feelings, there is no more suitable subjects than you.

"You have verified all the assumptions I can think of, it is perfect!"

Having said that, Lucy smiled smugly.

"After this verification, I can rest assured to perform this operation with you."

Lucy took Cui Yi's hands and looked at him affectionately.

"I should thank Hu Ying for accepting the experiment 'willingly' and allowing me to get what I want most."

Lucy showed a frivolous smile unique to a winner, raised her right hand, and pointed her temple with her index finger: "My brain power plus your genius Cui Yi's brain power, I must be the smartest person in the world now!"

Lucy fell into Cui Yi's arms, as gentle as a lover, and continued: "I am also the most powerful person in the world, because I am both a beautiful woman and a handsome man."

Lucy looked downstairs again, just in time to see Hu Ying walking out of the gate of the villa. The sense of distance shrank Hu Ying's figure, she was like an ant in the sun, or a pawn on Lucy's chessboard.

"It's just that an 'accident' happened during this period, and I 'forgot' to tell Hu Ying that the party in the shared brain mode must be a brain-dead person."

Lucy laughed exaggeratedly, and Cui Yi laughed too.

At this time, the technical director came.

"Boss, the 'Shared Brain' technology is expected to be put on the market next month, and the product specification has been completed."

Lucy looked at Cui Yi, showing the coquettish look of a little woman: "Read it to us."

The technical director said in a professional and calm tone: "In the shared brain mode, one of the main body and the appendage must be a brain-dead person, so that its brain waves are in a flat wave state. The brain wave controller needs a brain in a flat wave state. As the operating bed, radio wave debugging can be carried out."

Lucy acted like a baby to Cui Yi: "You understand? It's like formatting a computer before a major repair."

The technical director continued: "It is precisely because of this seemingly cruel prerequisite that the 'shared brain mode' has become a spiritual consolation for the family members of brain-dead patients: brain-dead patients can form a holistic consciousness with their family members, and the emotional system of brain-dead patients can also be activated. , exists in the subconscious of the subject, and realizes the emotional sharing between the two."

Lucy nodded in satisfaction. She looked at the crowd passing by down the mountain, and her eyes wandered between couples.

Lucy became sad again, and said: "The annual net income of this project will definitely exceed [-] million U.S. dollars. I think more than half of the income must come from the surgery to remove the 'shared brain', the shared brain model It can help the family members of those brain-dead patients to regain their strength, but how many of them can persist in 'common brain'?"

Lucy guessed that among those who received the "shared brain" surgery in order to pursue "never give up", there must be quite a few of them, because they could not bear the long-term "never give up", they would request to have the "shared brain" surgery lifted. "brain" surgery, just like Cui Yi did to Hu Ying.

But Lucy quickly drove away the sentimentality, and she looked at Cui Yi, who had been smiling attentively according to her will, and became full of spirits again.

"Don't worry, I will not break the mode with you, and no one will find out what I have done to you. My subconscious mind is very powerful. I will flexibly manipulate you and let you live like a normal person. and……"

She threw herself into Cui Yi's arms, speaking in a soft voice, as if blowing into Cui Yi's chest: "My self-control is also very strong, and I will never be influenced by my subconscious, so..."

Lucy paused when she said this, as if she was suddenly distracted, and she seemed to be concentrating on feeling something, but she quickly returned to normal, showing a sly smile: "So, you want to be angry in my subconscious Well, it doesn't affect me at all."

At this time, the technical director intervened: "Do you want to mark that phenomenon in the manual?"

Lucy glanced at the technical director and recalled the meeting she had with Hu Ying.

***

In that private club, after Lucy gave the three-day limit, Hu Ying couldn't help trembling, and when she calmed down, she asked hesitantly, "How... how can we guarantee that the frequency adjustment will be successful?"

Lucy took a sip of the coffee cup elegantly, and said: "The company did a survey during the early research and development. If a person loves another person deeply, her (his) brain wave frequency will gradually approach that of the loved one. Although there is no scientific basis for human brain waves, it is a common phenomenon. Therefore, if you firmly believe in your love for Cui Yi, you should firmly believe that the operation will be successful."

***

Recalling this point, Lucy smiled proudly again. Instead of answering the technical director's question, she took Cui Yi's hand and said to him in a tone of false love:

"You know, your love for me is the guarantee that I will definitely win this bet. I am so happy, my man will not only never leave me, but also loves me deeply. In this regard, I am better than any woman All confident."

From the beginning to the end, the puppet Cui Yi smiled brightly under Lucy's control.

Lucy started whining, pretending to be a husband and wife: "Honey, as you said, human emotions are really the most wonderful research object! Tell me, do you want to write that phenomenon in the manual?"

Cui Yi was still smiling, and said, "I think it's still..."

Cui Yi didn't go on, but laughed with Lucy. The ups and downs of the voice, the frequency of the laughter, and the intermittent panting were all exactly the same.