“Interesting. Close call there. If the ward had kept up the whipping about two seconds more, they’d have been on him, shot or not.” Savant 2 sniffed. “You ever smell one of them when he’s angry or frightened? B’sheeeh!”
Savant 1 sent the cursor to the opening sequences, began replaying the events. “There’s that reflex again: you hit my kin, you hit me. If we can isolate and do the right alterations on the triggers, we just might be able to convert that loyalty to us…”
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