Surely it can't hurt to flash a little of MetaHuman's money around, if it helps to protect you against possible problems in the future.
Somewhat annoyed that Claudette has yet to arrive, you decide to move on to this month's budget allocation.
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At last, as the meeting is drawing to a close, Claudette Byron enters the room, an anxious look on her face.
"I'm sorry I'm so late," she says. "I just had to verify something. I was doing an analysis, and I thought that if I finished it right now, I could give you the results."
"What analysis, and what results?" asks Winston.
"I was analysing this," says Claudette, placing a bullet on the table before her. "This is the bullet that killed Mr. Katariki. Disgusting, I know. Anyway, I've learned that this bullet was fired from a very special rifle—a phasing rifle, a weapon that desynchronizes the quantum phase variant of its bullets, then resynchronizes that variant microseconds before impact. Essentially, the rifle can fire through solid objects without damaging them, and hit somebody on the other side."
"Remarkable," you say, remembering the unbroken window in the lobby. "Who has the means to create such an advanced weapon?"
"We do," says Claudette. "I mean, I do. The phasing rifle is one of my inventions."
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