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"Umph," Yue grunted as she half pushed herself into a more comfortable sitting position. The breathing mask fogged up, hiding the bluish tinge of her lips as she huffed, feeling winded just from the small adjustment. As soon as her breathing had become restricted she was completely incapacitated. That uncomfortable numbness had quickly turned to searing fire, and she had suppressed the urge to scream behind her mask at the time. Her whole body still felt prickly from the sensation even though the pain had faded back into the familiar numbness now that she was on the respirator.

"I miscalculated the thickness of your skull," she croaked, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips. His fan-ish exuberance was kind of endearing, and she struggled to keep from laughing in spite of her labored breathing. "I do actually get hit a lot though, it's why I wear armor. Being 'pro,' famous, or even part of an organization like NAHLA has nothing to do with it."

"Training. Experience. Never losing sight of the fact that there's always something to learn," Sai interjected in a distracted tone. He was gazing at the cadaver carrier with an annoyed expression, and his left eye would occasionally twitch like he'd been blasted by a loud sound that only he could hear.

"Anyway," he muttered, walking around the medical bed and lifting the cover on the carrier. It hissed and popped like a refrigerator that hadn't been opened in months while a pair of latex gloves and a mask flashed over his hands and mouth. Cold fog rolled out and onto the floor, silhouetting a humanoid figure inside while Sairyn deftly reached in and plucked out what looked to be a muscular human thigh, still clad in blue and white tights. The cuts just above the knee and below the hip were impossibly clean, as if they'd been severed with a molecular blade in one swift strike.

"Wh- that's! SAIRYN!" Yue flustered as he walked past her, causing her to cough.

"Don't be such a baby, it's basically just meat," he replied dismissively while rolling his eyes. "Here you go, hon. I need the bone, but you can eat everything else," he explained, holding the leg out to Jemma while Yue watched in stunned silence.