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Checking up on the <span class="mu-s">SPOOK INTEL</span> squad down in B2 seems like the most reasonable course from here. Though you'll have to get to B5 eventually since c'mon. The spooks are building a stronghold down there AND you know they have a nuclear bomb down there. But that's for future you to worry about.
For now, you have a conversation with someone who's probably eavesdropping your internal monologue right now.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] I'm a loyal fan of this story of yours, you could say.
Right. What a RAPT audience you have inside your head. Let's cut to the chase - How do you handle this?
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Be specific. A hazy, ill-defined order will only bring harm to those who listen to it.
What a pompous jackass you are. How do you slow this down? Everything from the neck down is already some weird half human half deer abomination. You need to get out of here as a human. You need to be cognizant of yourself and what happened so you can tell the whole City about the spooks! This shadowy organization that's been hiding in plain sight for god knows how long!
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] You're rational enough to realize you can't stop this. You can only seek to delay the inevitable.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Pain. Physical, raw pain. Look at the arm that was severed mere minutes ago.
You glance down to check it. There's still a lot of fur on it but your hand looks, well, human. No keratin nubs or anything.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Physical pain grounds the mind and spirit. It reminds your corroding soul that you exist as a physical entity.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Not as a concept made manifest. It will buy you half a day at most but the more pain you endure, the slower your corrosion shall be.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Anti-anomaly equipment can also buy you precious time. Purging the corrosion out of your system.
Okay. Pain. You're in the middle of a warzone. You've taken your fair amount of damage so far - You'll be fine then. The second question on your mind is how you can actually control this new power you're getting. Your stats are rising through the roof and your anomalous abilities are a lot more potent now.
How can you use this to your advantage? How can you actually, well, control this influx of power?
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] You must accept one simple axiom. An axiom you subconsciously understand but you have not fully accepted.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Reality is nothing but a matter of perspective. God, human, anomaly or animal - Everyone has a perspective they care about.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Whatever you believe to be true will become true. For reality is merely a consensus of perspectives. From the lowly insect to the holy spirit.
[CAPTAIN'S AUTHORITY] Ignore the consensus. Bend it to your will. Your SHIFTer friends have something they believe in too - They simply do not have the desire to let their perspective shine through as strongly as you.
Your perspective. The backing thesis of your life. The fuel behind your transformation.
