"There's a safe behind that painting. It looks like it was unlocked and emptied before I arrived."
“That's enough. You're starting to make me feel threatened.”
A gloved hand came up, and his index finger pointed to his eye.
"The displays show me things. They also allow me to see through walls."
There was a subtle movement to his pupils, barely noticable.
"I can see your storage device."
“That's enough. You're starting to make me feel threatened.”
Like this.
"Everything wants to kill you where I'm from. A vast structure of metal and concrete."
His eyes flicked upwards to the sky, then back to Iris.
"There's no sky."
Like this.
“No thanks. I don't know where you've been.”
The retort was said while he yanked something out of the side of his jacket. A set of data transfer cables, held out to her in offering.
"If you don't believe me take a look."
“No thanks. I don't know where you've been.”
Quinn hasn't been to a fancy place in a long time.
Quinn's always been of the opinion that the best booze is free. The second best is cheap.
Straight, cheap whiskey.
"The AIs that sent me here."
Clearly he wasn't much of a talker.
She looks unarmed, small, but stubborn. If he has any way of telling people from machines this is the latter. If he doesn't, then this *really* looks like the former.
He says. Besides, he had on what could only be described as a mess of tactical gear. It was as if he single handedly raided a military blacksite.
She looks unarmed, small, but stubborn. If he has any way of telling people from machines this is the latter. If he doesn't, then this *really* looks like the former.
"Non human samples."
with spears and swords of gleaming red,
their shadows extended, stretched
to bathe them in darkness . . .
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒
𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐖.
with spears and swords of gleaming red,
their shadows extended, stretched
to bathe them in darkness . . .
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐒
𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒𝐍'𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐖.
I'm "cool."
I'm "cool."
not again.
oh good.
oh good.