originally posted in:The New Dojo
“The second is untrue. You do not strike me as the type to get married and then divorce or allow for a divorce.”
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[i]"Wrong. Wife died, and I only caught two friends." [/i]
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“Unfortunate.” She drinks again. “A mage possesses two major weaknesses. The first is an over reliance on magic in combat. The second is assuming they will learn everything through magic. The primary vulnerability of cyborgs is their dual makeup.”
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[i]"The second. I'll tell you right now that my dual makeup ain't jack shit because of neuropozyne and the fact I'm almost all machine." [/i]
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“Good to know. And you are incorrect. Induced overgrowth or overcharge is the most consistent way, averaging a 92% rate of success, to disable 79.8472% of cyborgs. This would not be possible if they were entirely biological or entirely mechanical.”
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[i]"The -blam!- you tryin' to say? I don't speak mathlete." [/i]
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“I am speaking English. In roughly 80 percent of cyborgs, exploiting their dual makeup by disrupting a balance almost always disables them.”
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[i]"Not with neuropozyne," JT stated, taking a drink. "Firstly, I've named my hat. Secondly, I have a robo horse." [/i]
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“I do not have any observations to suggest the existence of a robotic horse. Also, an ATV would be more efficient in most cases.”
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[i]"Wrong. My horse is named Sullivan, and I look badass on him." [/i]
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“Why would you get on something that makes you look like an evil or poorly constructed pair of buttocks?”
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[i]"Badass is a term people use to describe something cool." [/i]
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“So iced water is badass?”
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[i]"No. Cool as in awesome, not cold in this context." [/i]
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“I understand.”
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[i]"Your turn."[/i]
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“It is currently three hundred degrees kelvin outside, and this whiskey has been watered down.”
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[i]"Whiskey - we gotta find us some harder shit." [/i]
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“Correct.”
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[i]"Know any good VR sims that don't water it?" [/i]
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“No. This VR is technologically based, not magically based, correct?”
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[i]"Right." [/i]
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“Then I don’t think I can make one.”
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[i]"Y'know the sim can simulate magic yeah?" [/i]
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“Not from magic. If it was magic I could manipulate the sim
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[i]"Then try to manipulate it. You might be able to." [/i]