All the guards around the Drogar shouldered their rifles in unison, but kept their barrels pointed low. “Oh, so you’re all alright with keeping a bunch of apes on Taloren?” said the leader. “But it’s not alright for native Drogar to be here?” “Ten seconds.” The guards raised their guns and pointe
The dark room slowly spun around Mack as he lay in a small, unfamiliar bed. Opposite Mack was the only door into the room, and a plain white wall clock hung above it. The clock itself was a blur, and he could barely tell what time it was. But he could hear each second TICK as though it was right ne
His eyes reddened as his tears pooled up. A heavy THUMP beat in his chest, as though his heart fell through. He couldn’t help but grasp at his chest, as though to prove it was still there. “You kept running after me, trying to get me to stop and breathe and look and chill. You gave me so many chanc
“You’ve been here three weeks now,” she replied. “You did a number on your system, but you got through it like a champ. You said things are clearer?” “At least brighter,” he replied. “Well it should mostly be outta your system by now. We’ll run a few more checks today or tomorrow, so we can get yo
Miko’s eyes gleamed as she toyed with a partially dismantled armor. It was laid out on a metal workbench, which was littered with parts and plates of armor, as well as all sorts of tools and gadgets. The armor itself didn’t look too complex. It was covered in a number of scales, some larger, some s
“I believe I’ve increased input detection speed by roughly 8 percent,” she said. “This has also increased output scaling up to 75 percent, from 66.6. I have also introduced a redundancy to the overload circuit for extra protection. But that was a happy accident.” Szereth looked at the device in awe
Daylight spilled across Lacroseth City as Taloren’s sun crested over the horizon. Life all over the city began to stir and wake up for their day. A flock of vicious Avicii Raptors took to the skies inside the dome, and circled around in search of prey. As a wing of them flew around, they spotted so
“Damn, well, I’m honored! How’d you even find me in here anyway?” Alevos pointed back behind him with a thumb. “Ah, I asked the guards about you, and they mentioned something along the lines of ‘that madwoman is only ever at the sparring rings’.” “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?” Alevos sim