Redoing The Exam

Ambrose stared at the status screens in silence, he was completely at a loss for words. The so-called spatial ring he'd been using wasn't a storage device at all, but rather an elaborate monitoring tool that transmitted all his information directly to his mother every instant. The sheer scope of surveillance was staggering – even information he didn't know about himself was being tracked. Was there really no privacy in this world?

"No privacy indeed," he muttered, a mix of exasperation and grudging admiration coloring his tone. Yet something still nagged at his mind. If this ring was purely for monitoring, how had he been accessing his possessions all this time? Even the letter and new rings he'd just discovered had to come from somewhere.