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[dog_eat_dog]

Thank god for that, Tess gets enough lectures.

"I've heard the name here or there, but I haven't met him," she replies. "He's friends with your inmate, yeah?"

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"Heheheh. Kissing friends." So yes. "We're talking about making another, you know - "

And she taps on her eyepatch. It's remarkable to think of being able to build a new, functioning eye, but her feelings are actually a bit mixed.

[dog_eat_dog]

Tess raises an eyebrow –– what kind of kindergarten shit is that –– but sure. Sure.

"If you're going to live on a barge with a cybernetics lab, you might as well take advantage. No point in living without if there's an alternative."

[14thcommander]

"Ah, yes." Mixed feelings mostly because Moblit laid down his life to preserve Hange's and all she gave up was this eye, but, not talking about it! "Well, you know, lacking depth perception is absolute shit, and you never know what's going to happen around here. It's good to stay in fighting trim."

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"Could be a death sentence back home," she remarks. "And you had that whole... contraption on you back there, the thing with the boxes and the blades. Can't imagine that's easy to use with bad depth perception."

Or who knows, maybe it is.

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"It's not! I mean, I mostly adjusted to it, but it makes it harder than it needs to be." Tactical gear usage is risky enough when the wearer is fully abled. "Plus, from what I hear it's possible to build in some useful utilities to artificial eyes like that. Rhys and I aren't there yet but in some ways they're better than, you know, the originals..."

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"Is it risky, or can you just pop one in and then make a better one later when you've tinkered with it some more?"

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"I believe it's modular once they're in there! Risk is pretty minimal, I believe. My main worry is, you know..." Hange makes a vague gesture, and then reaches to top up Tess and herself. "I like swimming. Ocean swimming. Rhys assures me that we can account for water and sand and such, but seawater is hard on most every material."

[dog_eat_dog]

"And I guess it'd be a nightmare taking it in and out just for that. Can't throw on a pair of goggles or something?"

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"Oh, probably. But goggles aren't perfect. They leak, pop off... Rhys says we can make them hold up, but I don't want to rely on technology I don't understand and can't fix, eh?"

[dog_eat_dog]

"Mm," Tess hums. That would be a problem. "If you can't fix it yourself, then it just becomes a liability. Not a lot of people with complex prosthetics in my world."

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"Yeah! That's why I'm learning from Rhys. I'll get on top of it, and if I don't, I won't accept the prosthetic. Kind of strange how a machine is more reliable than a regular old eye, huh? Although," Hange taps next to her one remaining eye, beside her nose, "My eyes have always been shit. Heh heh."

[dog_eat_dog]

Tess smiles a little.

"I guess if you like the new one a lot, you can eventually replace the other, too."

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"Shit, you're right. Then I can move on to my legs."

[dog_eat_dog]

"Gotta do the wrists after that," she suggests. "No strains, no sprains, no risk of breaks."

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"You think? It might be more efficient to start at the bottom and go up, so I have a mechanical stomach next."

[dog_eat_dog]

"You're skipping a lot, jumping all the way up to the stomach!" Tess snorts.

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Trailing it out: "Robooooooooooootic vaginaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

[dog_eat_dog]

Tess laughs.

"Never have to do kegels in your life. Could add all sorts of fun features."

[14thcommander]

"I think I'd have it shoot out tiny fireworks when I dropped my pants. What's a kegel?"

[dog_eat_dog]

"It's when you flex the muscles in your vagina over and over again. It helps keep it all tight. Fireworks are good too."

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Hange lets out a giant hee-haw of a laugh. "What? They actually have a thing for that?"

[dog_eat_dog]

"Yeah," Tess says, and she doesn't know a damn thing about how real it is, but it is, at least, a thing. Even if it isn't, it's funny. "Start now, might pay off in your forties and onward!"

[14thcommander]

"Shit! I wish a strong vaginal grip could solve my actual problems!" Hange is losing it. Fuck. The world has such foreign and strange concerns.

[dog_eat_dog]

“Shit, me too,” she snorts. “But at least it keeps some things fun.”