Berto looked Nil over carefully. [color=YellowGreen][b]"Man, whoever put her back together is an [i]artist[/i]. I can do [i]field-expedient[/i] repairs with [i]Archie's Lever[/i], but this is fresh-off-the-factory-floor work-- she's even got that [i]new human smell[/i]."[/b][/color] He looked around at the rest of Task Force Obsidian's anxious, expectant faces. [color=YellowGreen][b]"No reason to keep her out of the fighting anymore. Yeah, I can wake her up."[/b][/color]

In Berto's hands, [i]Archie's Lever[/i] turned into a couple of electrode panels on long handles-- like a cross between dental mirrors, tongue depressors, and a cardiac defibrillator-- and gently slid them behind Nil's earlobes. [color=YellowGreen][b]"Sorry, Nilly. Remind me to buy you a drink when you forgive me."[/b][/color]

[h3][color=YellowGreen][b][i]"CLEAR!!"[/i][/b][/color][/h3]

It's not the voltage that kills you, it's the wattage. The voltage just [i]hurts[/i], and 100,000 volts hurts [i]a lot[/i], even if only for a split-second.

But it sure does put a little pep in your step.

[@Gerlando]