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Aug 26, 2024 21:57:29 GMT -6
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The other boy was yelling at him, shouting some unintelligible word, and proclaiming that they'd missed him. Delta 7 remained rooted in his spot, his hard eyes watching the larger boy. The silence drew out between them, the questions sitting heavily upon the air.
Was he okay? No. Did they hurt him? Yes.
Delta 7 was not required to answer these questions, because the boy before him had not initialized the proper procedure for asking questions. There was a crackle of static, and a disembodied voice came over a speaker implanted in the cieling.
<<Operative, what is your designation?>>
"Delta Seven," the child reported.
<<Affirmative. Delta Seven, what is your full identification number?>>
"Experiment 70471-DC."
In other words, Experiments 70471-- Delta Candidate.
<<Affirmative. Delta 7, what is your affiliation with the individual before you? Do you recognize this individual?>>
There was a pause as Delta 7 surveyed the older boy. His gaze was analytical, scanning the larger boy from head-to-toe, before locking eyes with him.
"Negative."
<<Good. Delta 7, new directive: diagnostic assessment->>
The restraints around his own wrist, and around the bigger boys' wrists, gave a mechanical beep, and a whir, before unhinging themselves. Delta 7's restraints clattered to the floor. He remained immobile.
<<-unarmed physical combat with the individual before you. Objective, obtain a personal artifact and incapacitate.>>
"Acknowledged."
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