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What's her stats, man? You focus your mind's eye on her...
Said mind's eye squints upon reading what MIND READ has offered it. You stop reading her stats once you see her physical stats.
FLESH: ERROR(STACK_OVERFLOW)
VIOLENCE: ERROR(STACK_OVERFLOW)
TALENT: 10
What the FUCK DOES IT MEAN BY OVERFLOW?
You shake your arm in a vain attempt to kickstart the EVIGT IMPLANT's healing process. You feel a cooling sensation pumping through your arm.
>+1 FLESH! 7/8 FLESH NOW!
"You see the corpse on the ground?" You jab your thumb at the torn-in-half Shockley corpse. "That's why."
"Oh. That guy. Saw him pulverize someone for that cool laser gun whatever." AA shrugs dismissively. "Weird shit. Anyways."
"<span class="mu-g">I like yer jib, freak.</span> Real meat, real flesh and blood, on those bones. Not a dime-a-dozen jobber like the rest of the FUCKERS here."
"T-thanks?"
"That technique could be improved. Could hardly feel it. Guess what? You just earned a FREE TRAINING CONSULATION!!!!" A business card is promptly stuffed into your hand. This is somehow more bizarre than a robot with meat growing inside of him.
Max leans in to check the card and, Lord above, you would've been convinced she stepped in a pile of shit from how her face contorts. "Eugh."
Looking at the card? You can see why.
>AA'S BUSINESS CARD OBTAINED! (A business card written in comic sans. Offers a training consultation for you and two other allies that improves PHYSICAL STATS and overall combat competence. Good for helping weaker allies catch up.)
You pocket the card that you somehow earnt by cunt-punting her. Lapis takes this moment to try to justify her mere existence to AA. She pops the cigarette you borrowed into her mouth. You politely light it up using some weak FOCUSED TELEKINESIS.
<span class="mu-s">"We could fight. One on one, fists only, grappling and wrestling each other."</span>
"Shit! I thought feds were lame. C'mon-"
<span class="mu-s">"But."</span> Lapis interrupts her. <span class="mu-s">"That's not fair."</span> The mere act of Lapis lifting up one of her arms rips open a still healing wound. <span class="mu-s">"I am too injured to properly fight. Nor would you be satisfied with fighting me."</span>
"You think I honestly care about that? I'm fine with pulverizing you into the ground. That's your fault for being WEAK." AA slowly approaches the battered Lapis with malicious intent. Kiara grabs onto AA's shoulder to try stopping her but a simple shrug is enough to send Kiara stumbling to the floor.
"Guh!" "Stay back. Same with the rest of ya."
Your allies can only stand by and watch, knowing they can't really DO anything to stop AA that wouldn't result in an outright brawl.
Sweat pours down Lapis' face as she tries to think of something to win over AA. The stream of nicotine flooding through her system keeps her focused for now.
<span class="mu-s">"Go ahead, then. Do that."</span>
AA stops mid-step. "Huh?"
<span class="mu-s">"Go ahead. Kill me. Grab my head and pulverize it into the nearby wall. Or are you all bluster, no muster?"</span>
"Pft. Reverse psychology? Lame trick there."
