Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Srrrk.
The Emperor’s Shadow moved. He pulled back his hood and took off his coat. As the heavy garment fell to the floor, his form was revealed.
Kiiing, kiing.
A raw mechanical sound spread through the silence. It felt as if I was facing a fully armored prosthetic body.
"You..."
I couldn’t finish my sentence.
The Shadow’s body didn’t belong to any known category, neither a fully armored prosthetic nor a full-body prosthetic. Still, he was too human-like to be considered a fully armored prosthetic. But at the same time, he wasn’t human enough to be called a full-body prosthetic either.
"I think I get why you’re stuttering. Do you even recognize yourself as human?"
A full-body prosthetic mimics every minor detail of human flesh. That’s the only way we can maintain our sense of self as humans.
But the Shadow looked like a scaled-down version of a fully armored prosthetic. The exoskeleton was exposed without any artificial skin, making him appear eerie. Even the exoskeleton itself resembled an android’s frame more than a human’s bones.
Chzzzt, chzzzzk.