{1} First Assignment : Accidental Video

[sarifattackdog]

Eliza? Eliza, do you copy?

[The video flickers on a few seconds after the sound. A tall man stands on the dock, and there are a few noticeably odd things about him: most evident are his arms, which even from a distance are obviously not flesh and blood. From his fingertips up to where his shoulders disappear beneath body-armor-styled pads, skin is

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[sarifattackdog]

So I keep hearing. Harder to believe when half the population is supposedly dead. [what the hell are these biometric readings he's getting everywhere]

[...That... has to be the most forward inquisition pertaining to his augs that he's ever received.] Adam Jensen.

...Workplace accident a few months ago. [Which isn't a lie. It happened in the workplace, and it was an accident.]

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[sarifattackdog]

As crazy as it sounds, that seems to be the truth around here. At least in appearances.

[A pause. And then there's a hesitant quality to his tone -- not exactly a duh sound, but wtf even kids know this kind of thing these days.] ...Augmentations. Biosynthetic prosthetics.

Never seen them in person before? ["in person," "through communications" -- whatever. Close enough.]

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[sarifattackdog]

[This is new.] ...Machinery, basically. It's a pretty common practice.

Where you from? [The name and accent pretty much give it away, but hell, Europe has a pretty decent biotech industry itself -- and even third-world countries know of this technology now.]

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[sarifattackdog]

[Yep, definitely strange.]

And you've never heard of augmentation technology? [It's more bewildered than skeptical, because the guy honestly does sound and look confused on the matter.]

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[sarifattackdog]

Very. At least half the U.S. population alone's been fitted with augmentations of one kind or another.

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[sarifattackdog]

[...There's really no way someone can be so behind in the times.

Which only points to the usual answer this place has been giving, so... Whatever. Adam'll roll with it.]

That's putting it mildly. I could say the same about where you're from, if it's really that different.

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[sarifattackdog]

I'm sure it's in the eye of the beholder and all that.

[A slight nod and a somewhat dry tone] Thanks. I think I'm starting to get used to hearing that.

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[sarifattackdog]

...Right.

Auditore, wasn't it? Thanks all the same.