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You hand Katariki the Zapp Sapper. "Take this," you say.

Katariki shakes your hand. "Thank you, my friend. Be fast. Be strong."

He speaks an arcane syllable, and a glistening sheen comes across him—some sort of protective enchantment, surely. Then he gives you a last nod, and sprints for the black portal.

The Surgeons surge forward now. You don't have to fight them, or kill them. You only have to create enough of a ruckus that they devote their energies to stopping you, ignoring Katariki.

You run through the list of Enhancements from MetaHuman that might help you here. Perhaps Heightened Legerity, Hex of the Arc Savant, and the three high-complexity Enhancements: Psi-activator, Time Skipper, and Probability Filter. You possess none of these Enhancements. That will have to do.

You take a deep breath, and launch yourself into the fray.

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