[ And then Felix just walks straight up into firing range like it's the normal thing to do. Like Ephemera couldn't light him up and let him burn. Like he hasn't done that to a thousand sorry fuckers before. Most of them were in armor but not all of them. Not all of them, no.
He twitches. But he doesn't jerk away. Later, he'll wonder about that. Obsess over why the fuck he let Felix step into range. ]
I installed it. Crais didn't. Isn't synched up right.
[ There's a delay. Too much of a gap between when he fires and when he needs the readings to adjust. Ephemera's not an engineer and it shows, but he knows his shit. He modified his own gear back on Chorus and for years before. Nobody else on the squad used a flamethrower and it wasn't standard equipment, so he had to do the repairs himself. Had to do everything himself. ]
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He twitches. But he doesn't jerk away. Later, he'll wonder about that. Obsess over why the fuck he let Felix step into range. ]
I installed it. Crais didn't. Isn't synched up right.
[ There's a delay. Too much of a gap between when he fires and when he needs the readings to adjust. Ephemera's not an engineer and it shows, but he knows his shit. He modified his own gear back on Chorus and for years before. Nobody else on the squad used a flamethrower and it wasn't standard equipment, so he had to do the repairs himself. Had to do everything himself. ]