The Final Goodbye

"What the fuck are you made out of?!?" screamed Pippa as she and Stargazer lobbed every last missile, energy blast, and bullet at us.

At first, the guys were stressed. They kept glancing at me and then up to the camera that they knew was Jun Li, looking for some kind of reassurance. But after half an hour or so had passed, they began to relax, talking amongst themselves quietly.

Her words made me pause for a second as I tried to remember exactly what Jun Li's outer shell was made of. "A—" I started. There were some weird symbols in the word that I had read, and I wasn't sure how I was supposed to pronounce it.

"Anaranthium," said Jun Li, his voice still voice of emotion. I didn't know if he was doing it to protect himself from the pain of killing off another L-series or if he just didn't give a fuck and was bored. With that AI, it really could have been either one.