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[A beat of hesitation before he can answer.]

...yeah.

. . .

I wouldn't have pegged you as the type to throw a game. Even one as horrific as that was.

I got one of those genies. Tried wishing for the game to be over.

It gave me my own personal game over, instead.

[Oh]

That's fucking garbage.

Right? You're telling me.

So why is your body temperature down from normal?

Heart's not beating anymore.

Looks like I still bleed, though? And the breathing's cool, so like. Maybe only partly dead?

[I don't like a single fucking word that came out of your mouth just now]

[You and me both, my dude.]

A-anyway. There was some stuff from - from before that, uh -

Thought you might wanna hear some of it.

[Give him---

a second]

Can I ask for a demonstration first?

Of - what? The heart thing?

Your Heart Weapon.

Uh. Yeah, sure. Gimme a sec.

[He hesitates for a beat, though - then reaches straight into his chest with one hand. What he pulls out is similar to what he had before, if Intensity's ever seen it. They're still katars, longer and more slender than is common. They're still sharp and sci-fi sleek. They aren't matte black anymore, though. They look like someone printed a picture of a carbon steel weapon on newspaper, then ran it through the wash a few times.]

[If you look closely, the blades are riddled with hairline fractures.]

[He has. When Hurricane was fighting the Furbinator 5000]

Can I hold one or is that uncomfortable for you?

Go for it. Just, uh - be careful with em, okay?

[Offering one over, hilt first.]

[Takes it carefully and bringing it close so he can look at those fractures on the blade.

And that shock is slowly starting to bleed into anger as he hands it back, hilt first]

What did you want to tell me specifically?

Just, uh. I know you been collecting info?

[He takes his Heart Weapon back - slides them away again.]

And it was kinda weird. I saw Lilith, but there wasn't any casino.

Yeah. Nya mentioned something similar.

Where did you meet her?

There was this hallway, of like - bones, and circuitry. And then a bar, and the furniture was full of monsters? But the monsters were wire. And the people, too, they were like - wires, and skeletons, and faces underneath, and the whole place sounded like -

[He breaks off, for a second. Then he makes this noise, a robotic kind of hum.]

- like some kinda uncanny valley sci-fi horror movie deal.

[. . .

Hurricane, why? Why are you making that noise?]

So were they alive or not?

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[It is a helpful illustration, okay.]

I dunno. I dunno if they were even people. The only thing there that looked anything close to normal was Lilith. Everything else was like - wire, and bones, and monsters hiding underneath.

Did you get a chance to talk much with her before you were sent back?

Little bit.

I asked what was up with the decor, and she said the different Princes have different tastes, and she wasn't a fan, but the drinks were good.

Different Princes...?

[Technology...

And already entangled in this fucking mess...]

Belial?

...dunno. I asked whose place it was, and she said I was too curious. Got moving on the, uh. The payment part.