Bwoop, says D0G firmly, knuckle-walking his way over to the scientist and tapping him firmly on the shoulder. When Kleiner looks up, the robot makes a flexing gesture with both hands that wordlessly indicates I can pick you up by the back of the neck and carry you away forcibly if I have to.
"We'll talk later, then," Kleiner promises. Somewhat reluctantly he steps back from the portal and makes for the subway entrance.
The only lighting down here is emergency lighting, the kind that keeps on running even after its human masters have forgotten its existence. All the other electricity's been cut. Probably just as well, given the dank, wet smell down here.
Sonia and the other rebels have flashlights with them, which they switch on. Kleiner, for his part, carries no such illumination- but he does have his shotgun at the ready. "I do hope Lamarr had the sense to flee the area on the surface," he notes as they move forward. "There's bound to be wild headcrabs down here, and it's difficult to tell them apart in the dark."
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"We'll talk later, then," Kleiner promises. Somewhat reluctantly he steps back from the portal and makes for the subway entrance.
The only lighting down here is emergency lighting, the kind that keeps on running even after its human masters have forgotten its existence. All the other electricity's been cut. Probably just as well, given the dank, wet smell down here.
Sonia and the other rebels have flashlights with them, which they switch on. Kleiner, for his part, carries no such illumination- but he does have his shotgun at the ready. "I do hope Lamarr had the sense to flee the area on the surface," he notes as they move forward. "There's bound to be wild headcrabs down here, and it's difficult to tell them apart in the dark."