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...almost striking sparks against one another as your jaws clamp to, and the more abstract pain from the feedback of your burning circuits and subsystems.  But thanks to the recoil damper, your arms are yet steady.  They're quite cold, and nicely insulated and somehow, somehow still capable of sending a bullet through the Phage's neck.

The Phage slumps, and the pain dies with it.  You're able to tear the barb from your shoulder, though barely; your numb fingers almost leave half it in your skin.  Why a taser, anyway?  Virals have no uses for non-lethal methods: they've no interest in intelligence or extortion, and it's unlikely that they'd turn to pacifism at this point in the game. 

Your curiosity - a valuable asset perhaps 20% of the time, a horrific danger the remaining 80 - prods you to examine the wrecked machines.  Your will to live - an asset at all times, and not least tonight - pushes you to get the hell out of here.

You'll leave the warehouse.

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