OOC: Man, SU delivering a speech like that when I should be working on my EA comics...
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"Believe it or not, I noticed that." said #7 Slig, panting, as a reply to Anni saying that she doesn't want to go with Emlech. He came to a halt not too far from them, clutching his gun. The rifle was more for an intimidating sight rather than actual use - buckshot is not exactly the best type of ammo for crippling a target, but at least the door stopped them for the time being.
"I don't have the authority to decide on you staying, Anni. That Vykker and the Boss had an agreement, and now he wants you back. Don't make this any difficult for us, OK?"
Judging from Anni's behaviour, #7 Slig doubted that Anni would listen to reason, but keeping her talking might buy Emlech an idea to come up with an idea to calm her down, one way or another.
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Arnie was at first fascinated by the Slig hologram which delivered a rather long speech about his background. The story sounded rather extraordinary - Vykkers transferring the mind of a dead Slig into a Snoozer...
"Mudokon assassins...?" asked Arnie, just to bring himself to saying something meaningful. "Surely that's a bit farfetched..." He just couldn't imagine Mudokons being trained by Industrials to kill other Industrials - it practically undermined the whole 'native terrorists' concept. Then again, Dionysia was almost along these lines...
The last bit of SU's speech, however, brought him, along with his throbbing temple, back to reality. "Oh, the old story again?" he said a bit louder. "I guess one can get used to the fact that everyone wants to kill them, right? But answer me this: if the Industrials want to give me to the Slogs so badly, then who sent you? You speak of an objective - who gave you that? Is there a group of Industrials who support the way I treat my workers?"
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