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[badlydisarmed]

Looking for a mechanic capable of fixing a prosthetic arm, altruistic introverts highly preferred, opportunistic assholes also acceptable.

Age irrelevant, but if you're a child I will comment on it.

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[ascarylady]

[ There's a scant few seconds there at the mention of 'neural connection' that makes her give him what could be, if anything, translated into some vague look of concern. She won't say anything, however. She can't. This is probably fine, but she begins making a mental note to, perhaps, babysit Talis through the process. ]

About fifteen pounds now, twelve back when it was originally made.

[ Which means she's added on since then. ]

The one I had from Jinx was about twenty-five, but that one is... [ Wow, what's a good word for her Other Arm? ] ...unique. Parts can be made lighter if you aren't using the tech for combat. You have an idea of what your remaining arm weighs?

[badlydisarmed]

About eleven, twelve pounds?

[ The prosthetic one is considerably lighter than that. He can't actually imagine lugging around something heavier than his actual arm. ]

How much does your good arm weight?

[ How badly is a heavy arm fucking up her spine, he wonders. Not that there's anything for him to do about it. ]

[ascarylady]

Around twelve or thirteen pounds.

[ See, there's a reason she requested the broken arm from Aurora over the bigger, scarier one. This one was closer to equal to her real arm. ]

Have you given Talis any specs like that yet, or are you waiting for him to come up with some wild plan first?

[badlydisarmed]

I assume he'll hit me up with blueprints after spending anywhere between twenty-four and seventy-two caffeine-induced sleepless hours obsessing over it.

[ He's had one single text conversation with Talis, and yet he's pretty sure that's the type of person he is. ]

He might want to see this junk first, [ he nods at his arm on the table. ] not that it'll help him much.

[ascarylady]

I wonder if he even needs the caffeine. I'd say he has way too much energy already.

[ All the energy in the world to be nosy, find trouble, pick fights, argue ceaselessly until he gets his way... Of course, she may also be very, very biased.

She gives his arm another look, trying to gauge if there would be anything from it that would be useful, but no. The doctor's right. ]

Could always let him see if to know what not to do, I suppose, but whatever he makes you isn't going to be even remotely like this. If they end up being anything like those damn gauntlets of his, you can expect something closer to mine, just a lot more blue. Probably a smoother casing, too.

[badlydisarmed]

Anything that works better than this will do, it's a low bar.

[ So far he's been slowly getting more useful arms. If Talis gives him something he can actually use as anything other than a coat rack, he'll be better off than he has been in years. ]

[ascarylady]

Not going to argue with you there. Just consider yourself forewarned. Those Hextech guys keep making stuff that they mean to be helpful, but so far, it's all either been weaponized or has ways to be weaponized.

[ There may be no escaping the bomb arm, doctor. They're all bomb arm makers. ]

But even then, it's all good engineering work. You'll definitely get something useful.