There was a netbook-sized laptop on the woman's legs. Derek looked at the screen and saw surveillance cameras, one in a room with cement walls and no people, and one with Nell and two armed men.
"Shitty security," Derek said, and his words came from the woman's throat. He snapped the laptop in half with the woman's strong hands, and then Derek had her shoot herself.
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"Where's the robot?" Nell asked, carefully forgoing Ben's name.
"Not here," Walker said.
Nell sighed quietly and hung her head. "What about the boy? Is he alright?"
"Fine," Walker said with a flick of his wrist. Then, curiously, "D'you know him?"
"No," Nell said.
"I think he's autistic or something. Maybe a savant. I don't precisely know the difference between the two but--"
"I get what you mean," Nell said. "He's mechanical-minded like me, isn't he?"
"Oh yeah," Walker said. "But he doesn't get what he's supposed to do."
"What did you expect?" Nell scoffed.
"I expected this exact scenario, but Seer's a fucking idiot," Walker said.
Doug chuckled. Nell tensed; she had forgotten that he was a person and not a statue.
The mercenary leader continued, "Seer has virtually no ability to think ahead. You could use that against him."
Nell made a surprised face.
"We hate him. We're already getting paid. You're a neutral party that doesn't belong in the middle. We just need it to be Seer's fault when you leave--or at least not my fault. Understood?"
The girl beamed, but knew she could make no guarantees.
"Shitty security," Derek said, and his words came from the woman's throat. He snapped the laptop in half with the woman's strong hands, and then Derek had her shoot herself.
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"Where's the robot?" Nell asked, carefully forgoing Ben's name.
"Not here," Walker said.
Nell sighed quietly and hung her head. "What about the boy? Is he alright?"
"Fine," Walker said with a flick of his wrist. Then, curiously, "D'you know him?"
"No," Nell said.
"I think he's autistic or something. Maybe a savant. I don't precisely know the difference between the two but--"
"I get what you mean," Nell said. "He's mechanical-minded like me, isn't he?"
"Oh yeah," Walker said. "But he doesn't get what he's supposed to do."
"What did you expect?" Nell scoffed.
"I expected this exact scenario, but Seer's a fucking idiot," Walker said.
Doug chuckled. Nell tensed; she had forgotten that he was a person and not a statue.
The mercenary leader continued, "Seer has virtually no ability to think ahead. You could use that against him."
Nell made a surprised face.
"We hate him. We're already getting paid. You're a neutral party that doesn't belong in the middle. We just need it to be Seer's fault when you leave--or at least not my fault. Understood?"
The girl beamed, but knew she could make no guarantees.
