“Wow,” he drawled, slow and exaggerated, “I’m flattered that I apparently still give off the ‘officer' vibe.” His voice carried the same dry sarcasm as before, but there was something sharper underneath.
He rolled a shoulder, glancing over the supplies with a nonchalant air. “Hate to break it to you, Captain, but that was my previous job. I’m just a Shadow Enforcer now. No jurisdiction badge, just a weapon ID attached to me.” He met Akira’s gaze evenly. “So unless you’re actively committing genocide, mass murder or—I dunno—sacrificing people for a large cultish following sworn to some malevolent god, then we don’t need to make this a problem.”
"Unless...you are I mean-"
A beat.
He shrugged. “But hey, I’ve seen weirder things. There are literal god-like figures running around here, so, y’know—anything’s possible.”
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He rolled a shoulder, glancing over the supplies with a nonchalant air. “Hate to break it to you, Captain, but that was my previous job. I’m just a Shadow Enforcer now. No jurisdiction badge, just a weapon ID attached to me.” He met Akira’s gaze evenly. “So unless you’re actively committing genocide, mass murder or—I dunno—sacrificing people for a large cultish following sworn to some malevolent god, then we don’t need to make this a problem.”
"Unless...you are I mean-"
A beat.
He shrugged. “But hey, I’ve seen weirder things. There are literal god-like figures running around here, so, y’know—anything’s possible.”