"Termination" Overload.
The violent whirring of machinery slowly ceased, but Ocot, who should have been wholly dead, was not yet completely lifeless. Even with his heart pierced, he still lay twitching on the ground, his life force terrifyingly tenacious.
Gerard walked to Ocot's side, said nothing, just silently watched him.
The spark of life in Ocot's eyes had scattered completely, and it was only his body still convulsing, like a lizard's tail severed from its being.
"Such a formidable life force," Bai Wei's voice echoed in Gerard's mind.
