Sentinel by Natalie Grey

Author:Natalie Grey [Grey, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2018-06-11T05:00:00+00:00

Gar balanced on one leg, wobbling slightly. He had taken to chewing one lip when he was concentrating. It was a very human mannerism. He had never seen any other Luvendi do such a thing. It was surprisingly habit-forming, however.

On the holoscreen, the black-clad figure extended their leg, foot at the same height as their face, and then hopped several times to change feet. The flurry of potential strikes seemed to be designed to keep the opponent from getting within range.

Gar tried as hard as he could to get his foot up high, but the muscles in the backs of his legs simply wouldn’t extend that far. He wound up with the leg bent, one knee against his thin chest, his foot straining to mimic the position of the human foot. This was agony.

Now the flurry of kicks. The other foot up, then the first, then the other, then the first again. One, two—

Gar came to looking at the ceiling dazedly. The pain was still fading from his body.

“What the…” He barely managed the words.

“I believe you forgot to plan how you were going to put your foot down,” Shinigami answered. She sounded vaguely like she was struggling not to laugh.

“Have you been watching me?”

“Of course I’ve been watching you. I watch everything. Mostly. That, and I was worried you might get hurt. Don’t worry, I scanned you while you were out. You didn’t fracture anything.”

“Uh-huh.” Gar stared at the ceiling and decided that lying here seemed like a better idea than getting up. The floor wasn’t very comfortable, but he was pretty sure it beat trying to move any part of his body.

“Come on, get up.” Shinigami sounded impatient. “I wanna try something.”

“Make your own body,” Gar complained muzzily.

“I am heavily discouraged from doing so. It’s one of the suggestions tagged ‘Skynet.’”

“Huh?”

“Get uuuuuup.”

Gar rolled over and draped his sleeves over his eyes. “You can’t make me.”

“No, but if I ever get to tweak your body and make you stronger, you’ll still have to sit around here until you learn how to fight. Why not start now?”

Gar perked up; this sounded promising. “You think I could actually fight with Barnabas?” His practices so far had just been him daydreaming that he was the hero in these movies. They all fought for Justice and Honor, striking off on their own against impossible odds.

And in his opinion, they looked very dashing in their headbands. He was thinking he might start wearing one.

“Let’s just say you need some practice,” Shinigami offered diplomatically. “But yes, of course you could fight with Barnabas one day. We just need to make you less breakable.”

“I am not a vase. Shinigami?” The AI had gone into gales of laughter.

“Just picturing you with a bunch of flowers stuck in your head. Never mind. Okay, so get back in the pose you were in before. One leg up. Yes, that’s right. Now listen closely…”

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