Metatrooper

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The mercenary had no ill will towards the girl. After all, this was just business to him. But now it just got personal, he had an actual chance at finding a way home, and this girl, Vex, could lead him to it. After she introduced herself, he replied: "Mako, Mako Te."

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"Lying to get me to do a job for you is dishonourable. I'm not obligated to do anything for you if you don't even tell me the truth about what I'm doing." This was part of his code when accepting jobs. He wouldn't accept if any part of the job went against his own personal code. Plus, the girl could help him with his own personal mission. "So, what'll it be?"

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"I see." The mercenary said blankly, seemingly deep in thought. It seems that the lich is quite a powerful entity, and is also probably how Bella got the unusually high-tech weapons. Trying to gain favour with Bella by doing more jobs for her would be a slow and difficult task. Plus, she probably wouldn't give tech that advanced to someone like him, preferring to use it to further her own self-interests. The armored man stood still and contemplated for a minute or two, all the while staying unmoving and silent on the outside. He then snapped back into reality as he put his pistol away and asked the girl, "How would you like your own bodyguard?"

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The mercenary tensed up and readied to pull the trigger as he saw her arm reach into her bag, only to relax as she pulled out a bottle. What the girl was saying did make sense at least, it would explain why his client was acting that way. "If what you say is true, then why did she hire me to kill the lich as well?"

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Taking off her handcuffs does sound like a bad idea, however, she has already shown that she is capable of moving objects without using her hands, and if she could kill or hurt him, she probably would have already done so. Nevertheless, you could never be too careful around others. As he went to remove the cuffs, the mercenary also pulled out a pistol from his holster and pointed it at her. It beared some resemblance to ordinary firearms but was also something Vex had never seen before.

The mercenary's pistol

"Alright, now talk."

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"You can do the next best thing then, tell me more about Bella and the lich. Who are they? How much power do they have? Anything that might be useful to me. If you do so, I might just consider letting you go." The armored man had actually hoped that she had some way of telling the truth, it would make everything easier for him. Alas, the best thing he could do know was squeeze as much info from her as he could. Who knows? She might even persuade him to turn against Bella.

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As the mercenary listened to her emotional rant, he began fully connecting the dots for himself. His client, or Bella as the girl knew her as, was already very suspicious from the start, from the lack of her basic information, to the lack of any info about a target that they hired him to kill. He couldn't be completely sure however, she might still be lying to him, he had to be sure. "Based on what you just said, it sounds like my client had lied to me, and I don't like being lied to. But how do I know that what you've said is true, and that you're not just making shit up to get me to let you go?"

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"They didn't ask for that, but thank you for the information anyway. That's something those Hunters might want to know as well." His target seemed awfully calm for someone whose days are numbered. It was unusual, was she planning something? Did she manage to call in reinforcements to try and save her? Could she kill him right this instant and get away like it was nothing? These were some of the questions going through his head right now, but he had to focus on the job. The armored man then asked in a cold, intimidating voice, "Give me information on this so-called lich that you've been collaborating with. I want everything."

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The mercenary saw her put her hood back up, but didn't do anything. Drawing less attention was a good thing, though perhaps she must have had her own reasons for doing it. As they neared the rest house, the girl asked him a question. The armored man stayed silent for a moment before responding in his usual deadpan voice. "It depends, are you willing to fully cooperate?" He had planned to interrogate her when they arrived, first through non-lethal means, and then torture if she really wasn't going to talk. Maybe it was a good thing that she asked that, perhaps she was willing to spill her intel.

Several minutes later, they would arrive at the safe house. It was a small, concrete, two-storey building that was in relatively good shape considering the other decrepit buildings surrounding it. "Get in." he told her, before following her inside and locking the door behind them. The room they entered looked like a storage area. Several boxes took up a large amount of space, with some half-opened and with weapons inside. There were also a few chairs and desks lying around, and two yellow lights that illuminated the area.

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Seeing her manipulate the piece of bandage without using her body surprised him. It's an incredibly useful and deadly ability if it was wielded correctly, he would have to keep a closer eye on her than he thought. After putting a pair of handcuffs on the girl, he replied to her comment: "You don't need to know." The mercenary owned a small rest house on the outskirts of town as he came here often. He could use the place to interrogate the girl. The armored man then led the girl out of the alleyway and into the street, before heading for the rest house.