Post by Bernard on Jan 25, 2018 13:54:36 GMT -5
"How do you know it’s silent? Can you hear it with...?" Abigail inquired as she pointed to her own head.
With the growing Pro-human movement Keiko had found it harder and harder to open up as to what she was. Abigail had shown admiration on more than one occasion towards the officer’s heroics on the OPD rooftop but the Asian detective knew little as to her political leanings. Madame Bird did seem to possess some distain towards consumers, beyond that……
”No, Augmented.” Keiko replied dryly removing her wig to reveal the scaring on the left side of her head around the ear. ” The damage from that encounter was severe. I lost an arm to that Consumer and much more. They replaced my ear and integrated my brain with a high speed microprocessor and storage.”
It was hard for Keiko to talk about the event. Tucker was one of the few she had opened up to apart from her siblings about her tragedy.
”Luckily for me my sister, the one from the recovery room, is the lead surgeon for Namtouch. I’m far more fortunate than most accident victims. Furnished as they say with some high end cosmetics to hide the work. Along with a few added gizmos incorporated into the hardware.
” I’m able to send and receive transmissions among other things with a thought. i could have brought the cavalry upon us myself. But I haven't.” Keiko’s candor on the subject felt surprisingly refreshing.
At this point Abigail had removed much of her makeup and was more-or-less dressed as a civilian again. They should be able to travel the streets undetected. But before they embarked Keiko made one more admission.
”I should have listened to you last night in the burbs Abigale. Or at least revealed who I was. Maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess right now if I had been a little more open. If you think running is our best option I'm with you. I have to get to the bottom of this. ” Keiko stated wrestling with the consequences. ”All I ask is you take into account we’ll be fugitives at that point. We'll have limited resources. How do we protect our loved ones then?”
"We've got to move. I'll scan the radio frequencies for chatter. Have your people secure Merle, neon dribbler, We'll fill them in when we get back to your safehouse."