the decaying forms pushed forward, not daring to make physical contact, even
when assistance with obstacles seemed undoubtedly obvious…the couple cared
not for each other more than to preserve the self…
knowing physical contact
could destroy the mental state that had been honed to a razor sharp blade of
annihilation coupled with further deterioration of what remained of the tools to
execute the neccessary acts, if the need arose…they might have despised each
other for the simple fact thet the other existed…to remove the primitive
emotional programming would have been ideal, but without this the motivation to
survive would also be extinguished…
one had very little of the original protective outer layer of skin remaining on
the torso…the lower regions had been mostly kept intact with the presence of
the life preserving garments that had mostly been shed from the body…the head
still retained most of it’s original features…the right eye had been removed
some time before and replaced with an electronic prosthetic that would have been
far superior to the original had it been functioning properly to begin with, but
it was a welcome exchange, as the eye, although dominant, was a long time
nuisance due to it’s inability to operate at an optimal level…
the nose was torn severely on one side as was the mouth at various points, at
one place failing to conceal the teeth beneath…the left ear, covered in large
quantities of dried blood may have hidden injuries present here as well…there
were various other wounds at other sites on the head, as well as scars from the
procedures performed to introduce various other enhancements in this
region…the fur that is characteristic of such mammals was present in the form
of over grown hair in a small area on the top of the head with shorter hair
elsewhere on the scalp…stubble on the face was also a sign of the natural
evolutionary development of this entity…on the arms and some of the torso were
some augmentations, as well as a few visible markings…on the right arm were
implanted various implements for connecting to and operating machines and
information systems, as well as some for data storage… on the chest was the
identification and on some of the skin remenants on the left arm was the
insignia…no such markings were on the accomplice…
the chest and much of the body were covered in protective garments of various
purposes…unidentified boots with a defenite specialised design were
worn…nearly all skin had bruising, cuts or hemmoraging to some extent…the
body was all the genetic original with an exception of an organic, living, leg
prosthesis and implants in a hand that was now useless and appeared as though it
could fall from the wrist at any time…a pack was carried with various objects
for many situations housed within it’s battered structure…eyes a vaporising
grey that was the color of the most glorious platinum while also being the shade
of grey of burning petroleum products, energised by anonymous will