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You do need self verification, that's fair.

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*Sidesteps and severs the spire from the ground with my foot, and it launches toward you like a spear*

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You do need self verification, that's fair.

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*Sidesteps and severs the spire from the ground with my foot, and it launches toward you like a spear*

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*The multicolored bands lurch it out of the air and grapple you on each limb*

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*Walks patiently behind you*

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*Rifles through another series of prompts, the screen rapidly flashing in and out before settling on a large teal number*

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...It's wrong.

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*They are stopped by a red sphere barrier which forms around me that completely nullifies the passage of energy*

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...

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...It's wrong.

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I stabbed the Zoey I knew was fake and it didn’t trick the system. It learned not to be fooled by unpredictable violence.
*A yellow outline forms around my arm as I one-handedly deflect all the blades into the ground in a massive blur of a motion without moving from where I stand*
Who is this guy supposed to be?

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Satisfied?
*Arcs of plasma rip through you from the walls*

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This is supposedly Lenarol. He was an information broker that once had a habit of attempting raids on my labs.

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I stabbed the Zoey I knew was fake and it didn’t trick the system. It learned not to be fooled by unpredictable violence.
*A yellow outline forms around my arm as I one-handedly deflect all the blades into the ground in a massive blur of a motion without moving from where I stand*
Who is this guy supposed to be?

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Was?

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He attacked my labs before the implementation of DataNet. It would not be unreasonable for the system to replicate him.

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It's irrelevant, my dear.
*Two large metal plates crush you from either side*

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*Thrusts my palms outward into each and smashes a hole through them large enough to allow me to avoid being hit by them*
You’re gonna keep making talking mildly more inconvenient for us, aren’t you?

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*Chuckles and points upward*
You could say that.

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*Thrusts my palms outward into each and smashes a hole through them large enough to allow me to avoid being hit by them*
You’re gonna keep making talking mildly more inconvenient for us, aren’t you?

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*Shakes my head and continues typing at the terminal without looking up*

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I'm going to create a paradox in the system. I need you to keep him occupied.

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*Chuckles and points upward*
You could say that.

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*The same red barrier forms around you*
How can I trust that you’re real and this isn’t a waste of my time?

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*My eyes narrow and my ear twitches once*

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*Thousands of points of light spawn above you, each rapidly shifting through a myriad of colors*

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*The same red barrier forms around you*
How can I trust that you’re real and this isn’t a waste of my time?

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*My eyes narrow and my ear twitches once*

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*Shakes my head and continues typing at the terminal without looking up*

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I'm going to create a paradox in the system. I need you to keep him occupied.