Warren, as it happened, was playing a video game on Maya -- not the most practical use for an intelligent robot, arguably, especially given that her interface gave her an extremely unfair advantage in two-player mode -- and paused the game. "What the hell ... why does it sound like someone's trying to break into the store?" he commented, and headed for the security camera monitors. Sure enough, it looked like someone was banging on the door to their place.
"Goddamnit. Maya, shut the game down -- I think we've got a problem," he called, snagging a bulky pistol and turning on lights as he made his way up.
Warren turned to Maya and summarized, "Actually, the most pressing problem is bandaging Prudence here's feet so she stops bleeding on our carpet. And apparently, her people worship a corn demon that wants her to be her virgin bride at the Harvest Festival, which means that short of deflowering every virgin within fifty miles, corn demon killing is probably going to be necessary. So, no killing right this second. Just cleaning up the mess and bandaging, right now."
"Goddamnit. Maya, shut the game down -- I think we've got a problem," he called, snagging a bulky pistol and turning on lights as he made his way up.
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"Do you think you could kill the corn demon?" she asked. "That would be the best solution, wouldn't it?"
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"What do you need me to kill, Warren?"
She said it so happily it bordered on creepy.
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