Ilinar slowly wiped the blade distractedly, staring at the man’s eyes but not seeing him, rather, pondering what was happening with Omni-pol, no news, no reports, nothing from Captain Ashford.
Flicking a glance at the display she nodded approvingly. She dropped the soiled cloth in the ‘medicmouth’, a silly nickname but quite apt as it hungrily sucked the cloth into it’s sterilisation process.
“nnggg” “nnngg” noises made her blink, bringing her back to focus. The man trembled. His eyes bulged above the restrictive nano band covering his mouth and nose. A simple casting, it would allow him to breathe but not allow speech.
Ilinar looked down at the display. “I see Lieutenant … Cadver, …. you seem to have an anomaly in your enhancement template. You requested a bio enhancement of your combat muscles using a precision-engineered matrix bio Implant.” Cadver stared at Ilinar, “Perhaps what you don’t realise is that this is considered dangerous if you don’t have access to realistic combat situations.” Ilinar smiled, “Because apparently you have yet to experience true combat, your heart rate has not increased above level 115. This means two things. One, the enhancement will trigger a reversal process if HR is less than 115, your eyes will begin to bulge, oh yes, we have that already.” She looked at a small bead of sweat as it formed on his brow and rolled down the centre of his nose. Fascinated, she stared at it, wondering if it would roll to the side. “You’ll also find your heart rate will lessen, to the point of stopping”
Ilinar looked at the monitor, “Two, you have lied to me, clearly you have found me, even though I have been hidden, and concocted this ‘story’ of needing an enhancement because Captain Ashford requested it.” Ilinar grinned. “Do you really think me so foolish?” She glanced down at the cut she had made. The Bio Enhancement module catheter nestled just inside, gently pumping it’s nanobot mixture directly into Cadver’s blood system.
“I can reverse this, I just need to know, who sent you and why”.
Ilinar licked her lips, “Tell me Cadver, you can also tell me why Borealis is swarming with Peacekeepers.” She cancelled the buff and waited.