SEVER ZERO
Leo was playing the role of the brute, but Ren could see the grimace of pain every time he lifted his infected arm.
He saw Kara in the workshop, hunched over a workbench, surrounded by gangers. She was safer, but she was a prisoner of her own utility.
We are assets, Ren thought bitterly. Just like in the game. But here, there is no guild. No safe zone. No logout button.
Suddenly, Ren’s hand brushed something cold on the belt.
It wasn't plastic. It was a heavy, matte-black slab.
Ren grabbed it.
It was a Data-Slate.