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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5948775" data-attributes="member: 2710">[sblock=Computer][ooc]Somehow I missed that there was a visual VR environment at play, or I'd have given a description of an avatar fro Grid. I'll throw it in here, and apologies for the temporal muckup.[/ooc]Grid tensed. He'd chosen a square-jawed, muscle-bound action hero type as his avatar, but it was clear from her responses that Genie wasn't nearly as convinced of his heroism. He'd never been good with moral dilemmas; that's what landed him stuck in Gryphon's lap to begin with. It certainly didn't help that his natural inclination that information should be free was at war with all this covert stuff he was now embroiled with.He wanted to just up and tell the other hacker what was going on. She certainly seemed nice enough. But if he'd learned nothing else since his powers flared and he found himself dragged into the mutant power struggle, it was that few if any folks were what they seemed. That, at least, gave him an idea. "I don't know how you got as good as you are, but I had to learn not to trust anything on its face, you know?" His avatar shifted then, from square-jawed hero to black-clad ninja to oversized puppy and back to its original action star look."Only way to hack the truth is to never trust what you get handed, especially by the media. I wasn't in Washington, so I can't tell you what went down there, but I can tell you we were down south trying to help."If you've been hacking security information, you should know how much those agents wanted to get their hands on Laura, and it wasn't to throw her a party. We didn't snatch or hand over anyone; we helped her get out of a bad situation, and she chose to come with us. The golem thingee was over-the-top, but for all the flash and dazzle, it was just a distraction. We weren't out to hurt anyone. I can't say the same about the agents who were stalking Laura."[/sblock]</blockquote>

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