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[b]“Please.”[/b]

And as always, the Chi-Mechframe responded, pulling Xuan-Yu beyond the reaches of humanity, dissolving his physical form into an existence that light could no longer catch.

Even in what accounted as ‘Northern’ Territory, Australian weather was the murky and unpleasant, the dry heat and the lack of shelter making it the sort of situation that caused an abandoned facility look almost like a welcoming place to be. Less welcoming was the fact that he was put on babysitting duty with a girl seven years younger temporally, and twelve years younger physically. He cast a glance towards Norika, already looking so tense and serious that it looked like a mockery of both those descriptors, before throwing out a nasty sneer at her comment.

Oh wait, no need to bother with facial expressions. She can’t even see him now.

[b]“Yeah, go for it,”[/b] Xuan-Yu replied, making his steps loud enough to show that he was headed into the facility already. [b]“Just don’t blame me when you end up tripping over yourself, Dulac. Heard coordination’s pretty difficult when you’re still growing.”[/b]

Really, this was the definition of a one-man job. Was ol’ Sandy feeling punitive, putting a sadist on a stealth mission and expecting [i]him[/i] to leash her in?