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[b]Luke Schwarz[/b]

[b]"I... guh..."[/b]

I worked my jaw for a moment, fumbling through my brain for something that would qualify as a satisfactory response.

[b]"I mean, that's definitely worthy of a 'technically' if it does, I'll say that much."[/b]

A miserable failure. Unfortunately, it seemed me and my luck with little sisters didn't quite care for such petty things as a lack of blood relation when it came to this sort of stuff. I honestly had nothing for it, and could only find myself thankful for the fact that Galla Mindaro was not nearly as uncompromisingly acrid in her tongue as her elder sister. If she were, I doubt I'd come out unscathed. 

Even if it was because she would expect something of more substance as a response than such careful hedging.

And to speak of sisters and careful hedging, I must have really underestimated just how slippery Tanner could be when he wanted. If it were me, I'd have already been hunted down and presented before the person calling for me in a neat knot by now...

[b]"In any case,"[/b] I continued on, pushing aside the thoughts of abuse, [b]"Whether it does or it doesn't, an I-Beam actually [i]would[/i] manage to invalidate any comparisons of technique between it and the thing I'm working on, so that question's kind of moot now."[/b]

I paused, fishing through the last bin for the necessary parts to complete my replication of the Drillfist's motorized bits, before an idle thought slipped out of my mouth on it's own without any real warning.

[b]"How in the hell [i]do[/i] you wield one of those, anyway?"[/b]