983 I'll Make You Regret

"Did you notice anything strange or suspicious?" Jake asked Siri for the last time before tending to the replacement body he had promised her.

The android, still reeling from the unwarranted attack against her soul, took a moment to register that he was speaking to her. But when she did, she answered in a measured tone, "Like what?"

"Like how Lucia managed to wound Ulfar." Jake's eyes narrowed ominously as he said this. "Even when ambushed, his perception and reaction time are almost as good as hers, and luck isn't something that a direct physical attack can easily thwart."

The android mused over the question for a short while before responding, "Lucia was… too fast for me. I thought my processor was quick enough to track her movements, but when she beheaded me, then attacked Ulfar in an instant, it was as if she... teleported?"