>>5381247Of course, like the very animal you are, you don’t hesitate to give chase– a chase which lasts for about ten seconds and leads you down a couple more floors– and, all-too-quickly, you pin her down to the ground.
But you don’t stop at pinning her down– from the start, your goal has been to destroy the suit for good.
Over and over again, you beat down upon the armor, shards of crystal like shrapnel in the air. Somewhere in the back of your mind, the sensation of the crystal cracking and crunching beneath your fists takes you back to a fleeting, phantom sort-of fragment, something you could barely consider a memory.
In spite of having no recollection of what you did to Julia, it’s shameful how much familiarity you find within these actions. Unbidden disgust rises within your person like thick, smoky fog, but, with the person in front of you being far from innocent, you push any unpleasant feelings to the back of your mind and continue pounding away at the crystal.
You don’t stop until you’re able to peel it off, revealing some sort of metal lining beneath it.
'An exoskeleton,' your mind supplies. 'Because what else could it be?'
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