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"neither would i, but the tool must meet the occasion. i already calibrated it and added your ID to it so it's in effect your's" the old sergal replies evenly, handing a pistol off to tide, adding "s'all right. thought you'd know so i didn't bother tellin ya. aint nothin that can't be fixed."

"now. imma teach ya how to shoot. you had the right idea with yer lightnin but that won't work for as long as you need it to" the old sergal captain say evenly, entering some keypresses into holographic computer at the bench of one of the firing ranges, having a hologram of one of the insects show up in the range, a smaller one. "now, ya gotta aim for the joint where the head meets the abdominal carapace. puts 'em down clean and quick" the captain says evenly, entering a few more key presses before a big, red target is painted along where he'd described