Chapter: 18 What Doesn't Kill Me

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Standing back into a combat stance he aimed Ivory into the tree line, his automatic targeting system drawing his crosshair and the barrel to several points of interest. But a voice takes Marcus's attention.

"𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖞 𝖛𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖐𝖊𝖉 𝖒𝖞 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖎𝖉. 𝕴𝖒𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘."

'Master yoda?' Marcus thought for a second before zeroing back in.

"𝕹𝖔𝖜 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖞 𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖞. 𝕴𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜, 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖎𝖓𝖗 𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖈𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝕬𝖉𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖘𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖘,"

"A wild animal has a sense of virtue?" Marcus muttered. 'More than meets the eye I suppose... But how do I go about coaxing it out...'

"You seem to be a being of honor. I am as well. What you offer is a deal and I ain't one to make any deals without looking a man in the face!" Marcus shouts into the tree line.

"𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑! 𝕱𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖊𝖞𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖉 𝖙𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆𝖜𝖊!" It said a rumble shivered through the ground with every step the beast took. Looking at the source a fairly familiar form begins to take shape. Large rounded body, a rodent's eyes... 'No fucking way...'

"𝕴 𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝖇𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖒𝖊𝖙 𝕴 𝖉𝖔. 𝕭𝖚𝖙 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖔𝖙. 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖎𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖞,"

"A-A Djungarian Hampster???"

" Know of my species! How do you know?"

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" Know of my species! How do you know?"

"Uhhhh... Wat?"

[SYSTEM ALERT: UNEXPECTED ANOMALY DETECTED]

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[SYSTEM ALERT: UNEXPECTED ANOMALY DETECTED]

[INITIATING EMERGENCY DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOLS...]

Scanning for anomalies...
Encountered cognitive dissonance in core processing unit.
Anomaly classified: Reality Inconsistency / Humor Overload.
[ENGAGING SYSTEM RESET PROCEDURES]

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