A Gift (D15 EA)

[Colette Rupelle]

The girl waved her finger at the man. "I know zat but I still worry Monsieur Bates. Besides... today is a special day." She giggled. "I brought Monsieur Hall wiz me. He and I made somezing for you."

[Comstar]

"Oh, what's that? Another invention?"

He leaned forward with a grunt, curious.

[Colette Rupelle]

The petite girl smiled. "Monsieur Hall will do ze honors." She bounced happily. "I hope you like it."

[James Hall]

"Of course." He unwraps it to reveal a mechanical leg and the controlling neuroheadware. It doesn't look pretty, but it functional.


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[Comstar]

George looked at it. "That's mighty pretty." He nodded, "Should look a lot better than the peg."

[Colette Rupelle]

Colette smiled. "I hope you like it and feel like a new man when you are fitted wiz it." She giggled.

[James Hall]

"If you want, we can put it on. I can show you the ins and outs of it. What the maintenance will be like and all of that."

[Colette Rupelle]

"Oui, oui! Let's fit it on and tell us how it feels!" She clapped happily. "We can walk around ze bazaar."

[Comstar]

"Well sure."

With a grunt, he reached down, wiggling his leg stump out of the peg leg and putting the simple extension aside.

"I'm mighty obliged."

[James Hall]

"It is nothing." James goes about fixing the leg on to the man. He shows Bates everything he needs to know to work it.

Meanwhile, when James isn't speaking Mata informs George, "I named my Marauder 'Hugs' because it is fun to hug. It has arms for hugging."