[h1][center]Gilgamesh Inc. Branch Office[/center][/h1]

That chick with the tentacles and pyjamas was up. That wasn't good news. Gene was absolutely sure that he'd hit her in the liver-- he had, hadn't he? The fact that she was up and about said some very sinister things about what these "Reclaimers" did to their soldiers.

Gene had seen it several times before, when he was interested in MMA. A man gets hit in the liver, even a light jab from a padded fist, and he goes down. It was just a simple part of how the body responded to an organ being bruised. Gene knew he was strong-- a blow from [i]him[/i] would have seriously messed up that poor girl's liver. Though Gene was glad that the shock hadn't killed her outright, she was rapidly making her situation worse just by moving around. With how she's moving around, Gene reckoned, she'd be making the ruptures he'd caused even worse, resulting in grievous internal bleeding and, shortly, death. 

"[color=goldenrod]Wow, those are some good painkillers they've got you goons on.[/color]" Gene said, genuinely worried. "[color=goldenrod]Lady, you need to--[/color]" Tickler charged, and swung her tentacles wildly at Gene. Thanks to Tickler's enraged state, she certainly wouldn't be as accurate as she could have been, and Gene capitalized on this. With one wild Side Juke [1], Gene heaved himself out of Tickler's way, allowing her to safely express herself on the tasteless concrete flooring where Gene once was.

"[color=goldenrod]Fuck! Stop! Take a nap, go to the hospital, [i]do something else[/i]!	 You're gonna pop your goddamn liver if you keep moving around like that![/color]"

Gene certainly couldn't convince Tickler to change her mind, but he at least hoped she would worry about herself. By a generous estimate, Gene suspected Tickler would be able to keep this tantrum up for another twenty or so seconds before she'd well and truly screw herself over, but hopefully she'd feel her organs shutting down long before that. Regardless, Gene adopted a defensive stance. If she wanted to try and sneak a few hits in before hell took her back, she'd have another thing coming!