The slate sky threatened the coastal path with a glowering promise of rain as the old man made his way slowly towards the headland. A sharp and mean breeze whipped at the folds of his grey robe as if the elements themselves had taken it upon themselves to torment him.

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‘What’s that fucker doing here!’
‘hehehehe’
‘Im going to mow him down. Splatter his pea brain all over my wind shield.’
‘LMAO. Ooooo baby you talk sa tough.’
‘Don?t y& know it bitc# &’
Lol
WTF I haven?t seen him for months =-9uhnm,;?
57ooooot ./.,ml;hgfgd

I eyed the client across my desk. She was an unremarkable AV.
‘Is that it? Is that all?’
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“I wanna show you what I’m capable of…” The vocal almost drowned by the complaining whine of tired servo-assisted couplings, but I make myself focus on the sound of the snare. Repetitious tsk tsk tsk tsk, letting the beat sink into me, tapping my response in the combat command panel. The bass kicks in and it’s all I can do to resist the urge to dance in my control harness. My mech is nimbler than most, but sixty tonnes of nuclear powered combat machine does not throw shapes with alacrity.

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