[A voice chimed in from somewhere off to Hardison's left. If and/or when Hardison would to look, he'd see a young man peeking out from where he'd been hiding inside a broken storefront. With the coast clear for the moment, Qinghua hastily climbed out. He was dressed in period clothes of high quality that looked like he'd come straight from a movie shoot or a theater rehearsal. Or, if Hardison had been around long enough to learn about the whole confluence stuff, he might be able to guess at a third option: someone from a different time period entirely.]
You hit him like a the last home run of season. Just bam! And wooooo did he go flying!
It. He? Probably an it. Do mindless drones even have a concept of gender? If this was PIDW I could check but this is an entirely different genre...
[...yeah probably not a time traveler.
He's snapped out of his introspection by a loud noise and jumps to scurry behind Hardison.]
Since you've got so much oomph in your swing, you should be able to protect both of us, right?
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[A voice chimed in from somewhere off to Hardison's left. If and/or when Hardison would to look, he'd see a young man peeking out from where he'd been hiding inside a broken storefront. With the coast clear for the moment, Qinghua hastily climbed out. He was dressed in period clothes of high quality that looked like he'd come straight from a movie shoot or a theater rehearsal. Or, if Hardison had been around long enough to learn about the whole confluence stuff, he might be able to guess at a third option: someone from a different time period entirely.]
You hit him like a the last home run of season. Just bam! And wooooo did he go flying!
It. He? Probably an it. Do mindless drones even have a concept of gender? If this was PIDW I could check but this is an entirely different genre...
[...yeah probably not a time traveler.
He's snapped out of his introspection by a loud noise and jumps to scurry behind Hardison.]
Since you've got so much oomph in your swing, you should be able to protect both of us, right?