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[peterxy]

The PRT catches wind of a strange increase in disappeared domestic animals in the downtown area. Given that the people who live there are the rich and powerful, this is clearly a problem that needs to be investigated and solved immediately. The PRT, of course, agrees that this is of utmost importance, and not just because of precedent about mass abductions of pets, of course not, why would you think that, they are so very worried about Fido, even Scion recognizes the merits of rescuing lost pets.

(Lorica's asked to maybe keep a few more eyes there than she has been.)

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[thinkering]

The suit's in Lorica's workshop. "Here you go. If you start putting it on it'll help, you'll get used to that."

[peterxy]

"Help how?" she wonders as she starts doing it.

[thinkering]

The armor answers: it snugs up when it's been correctly located, and bits attach to each other. "Like that."

[peterxy]

"Oh, cool!" she says, and finishes putting it on.

[thinkering]

"There you go. It's impact cutting, you're probably fine to run around even on a recently healed leg, give it a whirl."

[peterxy]

She tries jumping.

[thinkering]

The suit can't predict-and-amplify her as well as it can predict Lorica, because Rewind doesn't have implants, but it's easy for her to touch the ceiling and she lands lightly.

[peterxy]

"How do I fly?"

[thinkering]

"...I explained it's not point-and-click. But now that you've mentioned it the bot knows you've got flying on the brain and you should be able to kick off, and it'll get easier as it learns you better."

[peterxy]

She tries jumping again.

[thinkering]

And this time she winds up hovering about a foot off the ground.

[peterxy]

"Woo! This is awesome!" She tries leaning forward.

[thinkering]

The bot understands that! It propels her forward at a nice sedate inside-Lorica's-workshop pace.

[peterxy]

"Eeeeee!" she says, trying to turn around and go the other way.

[thinkering]

She swivels in the air and goes the other way, veering slightly anywhere she turns her head towards or looks at for more than a moment.

[peterxy]

Her movements are a bit more expansive than that, using her whole body to turn, and doing so in a zigzagging fashion akin to the way she moves on the field.

[thinkering]

The bot picks up on this after some practice.

[peterxy]

"I'm gonna need to play with this, with like, dummies or something. Oh I bet I can get Glam to make me pretend villains to swat!"

[thinkering]

"I bet they'd be delighted." (Glam's shoulderbot relays this idea and admonishes them to be gentle with the suit and Rewind.)

[mxglam]

Glam promises they'll be nice.

[thinkering]

Good.

[peterxy]

"What now, then? Do I gotta give you the suit and only take it when I use it or do I take it with me or what?"

[thinkering]

"I'm still making finishing touches but you can practice with it whenever I'm not doing that. Your shoulderbot can let you know."

[peterxy]

"Oh, okay. Do you know when it'll be, like, totally complete?"

[thinkering]

"It'll be ready to go out with you when you are, but I'll need to maintain it. Tune-up every two weeks if nothing hits you that you don't rewind away, and after it takes lasting damage."