I don't know. You're the first... [The first what? The first sim soldier? The first Blue? The first person without inextricable connection to Freelancer? The first - ]
[The ka-bar, it turns out, is not doing a thing against this stuff. Which seems illogical, given that it looks like a child's bored scribble more than it does something that should repel a titanium composite blade, but that's fucking Mu for you.]
People show up from wherever, okay? And from...whenever. [Trying again, and the blade skids harmlessly over the stuff. Christ.] Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me. It's just been me and Carolina here, and...a couple others.
[Those "others" being a) C.T., and b) the Director, but that is a bridge he doesn't feel like crossing right now.]
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[The ka-bar, it turns out, is not doing a thing against this stuff. Which seems illogical, given that it looks like a child's bored scribble more than it does something that should repel a titanium composite blade, but that's fucking Mu for you.]
People show up from wherever, okay? And from...whenever. [Trying again, and the blade skids harmlessly over the stuff. Christ.] Oh, you've got to be fucking kidding me. It's just been me and Carolina here, and...a couple others.
[Those "others" being a) C.T., and b) the Director, but that is a bridge he doesn't feel like crossing right now.]