The Off Button

I kept my eyes on the threat under me. The snake had coiled itself back up into a small ball, its tongue going in and out as if to scent the air.

 

Because I wasn't giving Jun Li my complete attention, it took a few moments for his words to process. "You never give me such a nice, even number. If I decide to kill this thing, what is my chance of dying alongside it?"

 

There was a long pause before Jun Li decided to answer my question. "If you tried to kill it, right this moment, I calculated an 89.925% chance of death."

 

"You do realize that there is a big difference between 'about 80%' and '89.925%'." I couldn't hold back my sigh. I was damned if I did and damned if I didn't. So, what to choose? "What about the drug that the Sisalik had to keep me under? Would that work to knock them out?" I asked.