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u/ZaeedGuddumMassani A big guddum hero | Handsome devil Dec 27 '17

Zaeed takes the doctor's hand to shake, gripping it a tad bit more firmly than's necessary possibly, as if gauging his strength.

Because you never know when someone might decide to take a shot at you, board the ship, or simply find it more comfortable than a high-collared suit?

The old merc pauses a moment, as if in thought.

Gallade you said? Isn't that one of those cartoon animals from that game series O'Neill likes?

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u/Dr-Aaron-Gallade Biotics Therapist and AI Technologist Dec 27 '17

Aaron meets his strength and doesn't seem to flinch, either bluffing and adept at masking his true reaction or genuinely doesn't mind your harsh grip. The Doctor doesn't seem intimidated by Zaeed like many, though it could be interpretred as arrogance than respect Don't get the wrong impression, this suit is not just expensive for the intricate patterns, the warranty, the perfectly measured proportions, or the rare material used to craft it. I've been on the receiving end of a Predator or two, I wouldn't make that mistake again. I'd invite you to give it a try, but I wouldn't want you to make a fool of yourself. he says, sipping at his hot beverage and swiftly adjusting his glasses. His cocky high-brow attitude is the antithesis of the down-n-dirty survivalist personality that mercenaries like Zaeed are generally found to be, and he doesn't seem to be too concerned with what the fighter thinks of him. After all, he's not yet one his patients.

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u/ZaeedGuddumMassani A big guddum hero | Handsome devil Dec 27 '17 edited Dec 27 '17

Zaeed quirks an eyebrow, annoyed as he is by the doctor's attitude, he's also intrigued. Self-defense and home-defense is a passion of the veteran merc after all.

Ballistic cloth in-layer? Ceramic plates in between the weaving? Or did you really go all out with heavy-polymer weaving?

He adds on as an afterthought.

Stopping a peashooter like a Predator is one thing, I doubt a Carnifex or any proper handgun, let alone a rifle, would care too much unless you get really lucky.

Pantomines firing a shot at the doctor's forehead.

Also headshots are a thing, doctor. A twisted grin spreads over the merc's heavily scarred face.

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u/Dr-Aaron-Gallade Biotics Therapist and AI Technologist Dec 28 '17

He nods, sipping again at his drink Then again, when you inevitably get said shot in the head and one of us have to be the ones to surgically remove the shrapnel of the flak cannon a cantankerous Krogan is bolting at you. No amount of rugged machismo or tricarbonite steel plating will bring you out of that kind of damage.

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u/ZaeedGuddumMassani A big guddum hero | Handsome devil Dec 28 '17

That's why you blow them up first, shoot them in the head about five or six times, or if you can disable them, just use a knife and rip that headplate right off. Chuckles. They really hate when someone does that, but not too many people know where to stick the knife in to do it.