[i] "If what you saqy is true, then you shall soon enough succumb to fear. I've heard something terrible."[/i] Shrapnel said, extending his ring. It flashed, before playing back the small message.

"NO MAN ESCAPES THE MANHUNTERS"

Shrapnel trembled again, just hearing it. His ring retracted back into his 'skull', and his body slowly settled. 

[i]"Meeting you under any other circumstance, I would consider it war. But I'm afraid we have not the luxury of our trivial feud, our problems are more severe. Shall we consider a temporary truce, until this... has been resolved."[/i] Shrapnel said, struggling to actually suggest it. His entire body shook with discontent, the neatly stacked shards of his body sagging.