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[color=0086ce]Horned Bastard, 202nd of the Ravenous Cohort[/color]
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[color=0086ce]"This one understands your concern."[/color] the Devil said neutrally, not rising to Feanulde's agitation. Being a Gennari meant they could sense other people's emotions, viewing their fear and anger from a neutral distance, as if watching a recording. The elf had taken precautions, wise precautions, but learned that they hadn't worked as well as she would have liked. This was understandably upsetting but puzzling; surely such an outcome would have been foreseen by someone seeking to dodge the Totality? 


[color=0086ce]"While the process of determining who is on a list and who isn't is hardly explained to the rank and file, guesses can be hazarded based on experience. You were entrusted with specialized training and acknowledged as an elite engineer who worked on effective drone units, your survival was thus beneficial to the Totality. They likely searched the wreckage of whatever accident you staged and did not find enough biological material to confirm your death. That, combined with the timing of your disappearance, likely raised questions, and you were marked as a defector. If you were found you would be brought in to be rehabilitated into a drone yourself; if you were truly dead there was no cost in leaving you as Wanted."[/color]

HB cocked their head, red eyes fixed on Feannulde with curiosity. 

[color=0086ce]"Would it not be illogical to assume that one individual, regardless of how intelligent they are, would be able to permanently outsmart an empire of advanced minds linked with machines?"[/color]