“Maybe the best way I can help is if no one knows it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kirin thought this through. “I don’t like that because I want your self regard to be a little higher. But stealthily helping people is what I’ve become obsessed with. Though I do need to be careful about that because I have to be sure my theories are correct before I take action.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“You were able to get into our banks from 10 lightyears outside my solar system and you’ve done quite a lot for your cause, even without my help.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“We serve the same people. Corpo, pirate, a person born inside a corporation 3 decades ago could be a resistance leader today, then retire out of the career and end up a crotchety old man landing just barely outside of where they started. A freer and more dangerous life exists in piracy, and there’s a lot of conflict because the corpos can think they can make rebellion illegal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“You’re not just saying this because of me being who I am, are you?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“No, I’m actually just rambling and hoping I can ease your mind because I like the idea of easing your anxiety.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“I don’t even have a body anymore and yet I am still projecting these worry lines, aren’t I?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Wait, I thought they kept it intact?!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“I mean, I feel much more omnicient like this, but there’s protocols I can’t breech, not even with this power. If my body does still exist intact somewhere, it’s probably in good shape and heavily guarded. As gruesome as that might sound.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“I thought I’d be more into surrogate hopping than this. Turns out I’m pretty attached to it. And I also really liked yours.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“I know it’s not the same, but I’ve devised several ways to pleasure you like this. There’s an extra sensory level out here. Humans and your kind can both reach it if enough of us can help power the Overnet. I hate asking anyone to join me, but I am not qualified to handle a problem this big on my own. And I am basically alone here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“I could mobilize the other corporate leaders and look through affinity candidates in their top ranks with minds keen to stop yours at any cost.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Thank fuck. I love you. First thing I’m doing when I get out of this thing is…” they were in a public place, “snuggle.” He winked at him with a wicked smile on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Yeah, we’ll do more than that, bitch.” He snickered back at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Verdance was caught off guard. “Bitch? Now that’s adorable, look how far you’ve come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He had indeed come a long way from the demure consort of the [OVNI] ruler to this tough hacker with rough edges. Hiding behind [Jexson] when he saw him for the first time, trying to hide how much he was blushing and somehow making more of a spectacle of himself. Now calling him bitch playfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kirin was now blushing just as hard. He let it show just long enough for Verdance to see it before he got up to leave. “Surrogate meetup tonight. Midnight. At the Sector 480498-D Diner, I’ll pay for the hotel.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Verdance smiled winningly. “Please. I need to kiss you, even inadequately, through not enough time in an overpriced surrogate.” Verdance then thought about how he could probably just inhabit the highest quality synthetic body he could in Zedtech. Maybe even the other corps if headway truly could happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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