Chapter 682:
Rather than some kind of big reveal that silenced them from the weight of it. It was more like they were just looking at me strangely.
Some manner of 'Why the fuck do you want something like that?' sort of deal.
Maybe my request was out there for them.
I suppose my trotting over here and just bluntly asking them about those things must come off as rather strange, all things considered.
Roman was the first to speak up. "Alright, so I got some questions."
"Sure." I answered easily enough.
He raised his finger up. "First, why?"
"Uh…it's for a, um…territory that doesn't have them?"
"Right, because that doesn't sound like a made-up excuse." He rolled his eyes. "Second…" He paused, taking a cigar out of his pocket and snipping off the end before lighting it. "You're not, like, trying to make an army of combat robots, right?"