Cypher laid on a park bench, his cloak hanging on the ground and he kept his long blonde ponytail from getting dirty by having it tucked under his arm. A few children ran past, eying the ridges on his helmet and his metal armored arms and boots, but kept going. He was surfing the internet with his eyes closed when the warm sunlight on the back of his eyelids suddenly vanished and he picked up someone small standing next to him on his bio scanner. He opened his eyes to see a small girl standing over him, her finger to her mouth in curiosity. She stood in silence until her mother ran up to her to pick her up.
"Terribly sorry, um, sir." she said, "Did my daughter wake you?"
"She's curious." he said, "Do you have something to ask?" he directed his question to the girl. He sat up, letting his cloak drape around him, his ponytail flicked behind him.
"What kind of helmet is that?" she asked.
"It's my head." Cypher said.
"What's wrong with your head?" she asked, "Why is it shaped that way?" Her mother gasped and was about to scold her when Cypher held up a hand to stop her.
"There's nothing wrong with it." he said in a soft tone. "I am a Cyborg. Like a robot." Her mother now stepped forward and pulled her daughter away, trying to get away from him.
"Come, Nancy. We should get going. Stay away from him." she said. Cypher stood confused.
"I am no threat, Ma'am." he said. He expected her to turn and at least look at her, but she seemed frozen in place, then suddenly pushed her daughter behind her, between her and Cypher while still faced away from him. Cypher leaned over to see what she was so afraid of and he saw a rather large, black Panther, standing on the path in front of the woman. The Panther lunged at them, but Cypher appeared in front of them and batted the cat away with the back of his hand. As the Panther fell, he noticed what seemed to be a belt, and scraps of cloth around it's mid section. A quick bio scan revealed what he was surprised to find, an ID chip in it's paw.

The woman screamed as the cat lunged again, but this time Cypher caught it, wrapping his small arms around the Panther's neck, then somehow flipped it onto it's back, hitting it on the head and knocking it out.
"Are you two alright?" he asked. The woman and her daughter slowly picked themselves from the ground.
"Y-Yes, thank you." she said. After his fight, his cloak was now draped behind him, and Cypher's badge could be seen on his belt, "Thank you, Officer." As the two ran off, Cypher scanned the chip in the paw of the Panther, his eyes going wide in surprise.

The Panther's name was Eryial.

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