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He'd handled it well, in the beginning at least.

However, months upon months upon months of being stuck in this ship have started to take their toll on Bri.

And even as much as he cares for her, he didn't think he'd miss Deunan this much.

For the past couple of weeks, he's managed to make himself scarce from all the other people, taking time to himself to cool off.

Now, though, he's feeling a bit more sociable, so right now he's up in the Obs Deck, laying back on one of the meat-couches as he looks out the massive window.

Feel free to talk to the slightly mopey cyborg. He looks like he could use it.

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That gets another chuckle out of Bri.

"That's alright. I'm still getting used to the fact that some people here come from worlds that don't have every one in ten people as cyborgs."

"One in ten... wow. You don't see that kind of thing where I'm fromt at all unless they're really hardcore military who wanted to upgrade themselves or something." Her expression suggests she'd like to poke and prod Bri but is holding back. "How it usually turns out is... you're totally fine after a sortie or you're dead, because of the kind of healing sorcerers can do."

"Most people only have minor prosthetics, like an arm or an eye," he says. "Most of the full-body cyborgs are ones who did it themselves simply because they wanted to. It's actually fairly rare to see people like me who had to undergo massive reconstructive surgery because of an injury.

"I don't think I've ever really understood the mindset of people who do it on purpose," Luly says with a little nod. "Where I come from, at least... if you're going to be a military type, anything blatant won't really help anyway except reflex boosting, since you're relying on your power armor anyway."

Bri shrugs.

"Well, a lot of them go for combat models, like myself. Some of them also have special equipment connected directly into their nervous system."

He leans in slightly.

"Mine has a device that lets me remotely hack into digital equipment. Only problem is, I'm not much of a hacker, so I mostly use it to deal with low-security doors."

That makes Luly grin. "I, uh, I just blow the locks in," she says with a bit of a smirk. "Or remove the door..." She mimes pulling the pin from a grenade. "I've tried having an electronic warfare AI ride shotgun with me sometimes, but it usually can't keep up with me."

That gets a laugh out of Bri.

"Nothing like the old-fashioned ways, huh?"

"Yeah... you should see me in a Tymazzi," she says, pronouncing the weird foreign word without breaking stride. She gestures in a quick motion. "Whoosh." And then she realizes Bri probably doesn't know what she's talking about-- "Blitz armor," she adds, a little sheepishly. "Oh, three hundred KPH on level ground, easy. And I'm not one of the wimps that slows down to do anything with it."

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