"Squall uh... Just keep in mind. There's a chance that if you die, you'll just be making another enemy for your friends to fear. One that's got your face. So... I got two big things that keep me going now, and that's one of them."
Hank's tried to be a decent fucking person, respectable at least, someone with perspective on this shit. If he was stripped away and that persona was used against the people he was trying to protect? He couldn't stand that.
"There'll be no other black-outs. The last black-out was arranged by the Heart. Rather than fucking telling us they were making doubles, they decided to pull a fucking showy stunt and try to traumatize us into following them. They released the copies before they were done- those copies did manage to kill a couple of people at that. Not here that I know of, but out on the street.
"They won't kill you during a black-out. They'll mob you in a crowd and tear you apart right in a public space. So you need to avoid crowded areas. Don't ride the train or the subway. Don't go to public events where you won't be able to run. Be sure of all the exits."
He rubs between his eyes. Right.
"So uh... a lot of the people here have abilities. New people are limited. The doubles aren't. So another reason we need to reprogram is that we really could use that shit on our side. But until that happens we'll just have to assume they're all on the side of the Head.
"By the way, I figured out a way we could disguise our voices if we need to speak to someone covertly. An iphone. That friend we have? She has one. Has a thing called 'Siri' that can do text to speech pretty well. We use that and we won't have to worry about someone recognizing someone's voice." And they may need that if they try to reprogram any clones and want to remain secret while they have them.
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Hank's tried to be a decent fucking person, respectable at least, someone with perspective on this shit. If he was stripped away and that persona was used against the people he was trying to protect? He couldn't stand that.
"There'll be no other black-outs. The last black-out was arranged by the Heart. Rather than fucking telling us they were making doubles, they decided to pull a fucking showy stunt and try to traumatize us into following them. They released the copies before they were done- those copies did manage to kill a couple of people at that. Not here that I know of, but out on the street.
"They won't kill you during a black-out. They'll mob you in a crowd and tear you apart right in a public space. So you need to avoid crowded areas. Don't ride the train or the subway. Don't go to public events where you won't be able to run. Be sure of all the exits."
He rubs between his eyes. Right.
"So uh... a lot of the people here have abilities. New people are limited. The doubles aren't. So another reason we need to reprogram is that we really could use that shit on our side. But until that happens we'll just have to assume they're all on the side of the Head.
"By the way, I figured out a way we could disguise our voices if we need to speak to someone covertly. An iphone. That friend we have? She has one. Has a thing called 'Siri' that can do text to speech pretty well. We use that and we won't have to worry about someone recognizing someone's voice." And they may need that if they try to reprogram any clones and want to remain secret while they have them.