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2024-10-29 19:42:56Gears rotated and pistons contracted in Aeryx's back as she moved. Liquids traveled through transparent pipes and tubes that spread all throughout her back. Colored wires hung down and stretched as her HoloForm gradually turned on from her shoulders to her hip, hiding the mechanical parts under bare skin that was soon covered by Aeryx pulling down her tank top.
I need to go before she—
Her head snapped to the left and she looked at me with one of her eyes. I jumped back and pulled the door but didn't close it so as not to make any noise.
My heart was beating at three hundred beats per minute. Did she see me?
Out of nowhere, Tomokazu's voice sounded through my glasses. "What is it, dear friend?"
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