[It plays out, almost at a remove, like a nature documentary. Shin stalks as quietly as the speed required to catch up allows, mouth dry. There's no warning for when he pounces forwards, because who knows when some building internal mechanism will tip, sending a rush of mechanism-moving water through the system, galvanizing forwards as the blade is sent towards Ranger's-
neck?
a flicker, a skip, a scratch -
arm. The one holding the laptop. That's the real prize here. If he just lets go of it...]
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neck?
a flicker, a skip, a scratch -
arm. The one holding the laptop. That's the real prize here. If he just lets go of it...]