Interesting, one is assuming to be so fast he’s some kind of automaton/non-human type thing.

S.J.

I like how it has a lil steam or cyberpunk feel to it, you need to get a pic Carrol its been three months

the sentence "but they’re fast enough. " seemed a little out of place, and not needed. Otherwise, it has a making of a great series, and the last line is a great cliffhanger.

So protagonist is fast enough to track a bullet in flight. Accurate enough to shoot a gun out of someones hand. Patient enough to wait until he clears leather before shooting.

Did he do this to avoid killing for moral or programming reasons, or did he just want to make sure that the henchman was capable of answering questions?

And if this is a henchman, who is the Antagonist? And who is mysterious “she”?

So many questions….

Many wonderful comments!

This is one of the ideas I may build upon for NaNoWriMo. Additional comments/speculation welcome!

Krulltar, that particular bit is supposed to mirror the second sentence in the first paragraph, although you are correct that it comes out sounding awkward.

I’m actually surprised at the response to this piece; I initially thought it was my weakest piece on here when I published it. I guess I’ll have to reevaluate.