The Nexus

[Shagohad]

Clark tilted his head to the side as she spoke. An actual AI unit! His face showed excitement, but his mask conveyed no emotion. Cryer never had anything like this, He thought. The scanners at his back swiveled and bobbed, looking at the surroundings. One of them squawked quietly, turning towards the door as soon as ZF stopped speaking. A man stood there, looking right back at the two of them; the scanner showing him the image it saw through his mask.

Clark turned, folding his arms across his chest. "Greetings I am Zio Internecine, Overseer of Augmentation and Assimilation. Pleased to meet you both..." He said in what Clark thought to be a snobby voice.

He was about to a reply with a snide comment when his mind yelled at him, Don't do that! That would be stupid! Obviously. He instead said, "Greetings, Overseer of Augmentation and Assimilation, I am the Overseer of Medical Sciences: Nihilius Clark," He turned to ZF and continued, "I entirely understand what is asked of me. I have on question:"

They both looked at him.

"When do we begin?"

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"