Sorry about no updates for a while, but I finished spell-checking my book, so later updates should be quicker. ^-^copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j1K2935TK
We reach the lab, & I unlock the door by press making my hand upon the Indentation Detector. Steam envelopes your hand, read making the indentations on every single different hand. My hand & Peregrine's are the only hands authorised to enter the lab. My sister said she couldn't go in because it would turn her stomach, & Peregrin's parents had no interest in enter making despite their having bought the lab.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HsIgUHI3k
As such, I had pretty much free reign & close to infinite funds to use in the lab, as I received an exceedingly generous cheque for lab-work, a thousand bits a month, which I doubt I could ever fully use despite the high costs of maintain making my oddities & the lab. Whatever I did not use, I always return to Peregrin's parents.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmcIqP4Gf4
I walk into the Steam Illusion Decomposition System, & wait for Peregrine to turn it on. I have not voice activated it because it has become routine for Peregrine to accompany me into the lab so nothing goes awry. I wait as it peels off the steam blend particle layers that compose the illusion of skin on my left pointer finger, my right SRDs, & part of the right side of my face. My eye itches as the machine tries to analyse whether or not my Condensed Liquiform Analytical Engine Lens is part of the illusion or not. They could be considered part of the illusion, due to the fact that it's coloured to match my left eye, which is dark brown, almost black except when caught in the sunlight, when it shines a beautiful amber brown. Or so I have been told by Peregrine. The system comes to a stop, & I step out. I eye my metal finger & shiver. I wonder what my face must look like with it's metal features to others. I don't keep any reflective surfaces in the lab, everything is matte, & the last time I saw myself without the illusion particles was years ago.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmoD7rNawG
Suddenly, I notice Peregrine wav making his hand in my face & I blink.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDonlEi2nl
He exhales, " For a moment there I thought maybe the machine had decomposed something in your IEMP..."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAIyj9nnPD
" Don't be absurd. Most of my IEMP is completely flesh. The part that is machine doesn't have aught to do with that type of thing... I think."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrZQ57iShO
" Exactly my point."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcrXzNCRP0
" Alright, I had better get in the glitch scanner..."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcBWKU58iU
" Wait."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKmMBsTTlb
" What?" I asked confused.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUnaSXXuPN
" Take out the lens."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3Z6ZK05Ti
" Why?"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F3mrEOky9
" The scan is slower with it in." he paused.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg4UqWRorH
" Also..." he scratched his head.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWLa3LU4QN
" You know I like it better when it's out." he said sheepishly.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQtqdU51fD
" I don't see why. It just makes my imperfections glare out at you all the more."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLTfFkbxIC
" Just take it out."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTz13CMYGD
" Fine. I'll do it." I grumble, tak making out the lens & sett making it down in a little box.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3tfuGazIq
He smiled at see making my eye without the lens.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUb59Rqlp8
" Much better. I bet you are actually feel making better now. I don't know if I could stick one of those things in my eye. It looks uncomfortable. I don't understand why you do it. Your eye is beautiful."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡYF1xG5as4R
" If it were up to you I should probably have to prance around in my undergarments, with all my metal parts show making, & my defective eye glow making with it's brightness & blind making every one who saw it."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QUz6oghXZ
" Frankly, yes, yes I would. The undergarments part is go making too far, because a simple dress does not count as an undergarment, in my opinion."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaTTg3LGoa
" You silly little boy. Undergarments & decency are not defined by silly little boys." I say, shak making my finger at him while grinn making.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmQPUwV4ZZ
He immediately puffs up.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5QQFWfWdd
" Now just who do you think you are call making a silly little boy? I'll remind you that I am much taller than you, & years older!"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡVUnPODSzkh
I stick my tongue out & chant, " Silly little boy, silly little boyyy!"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8DAYy6TC6
" Oh yeah, Miss Shorty?"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡSybIpRFENT
He moves even closer, directly in front of me & puts his hand to his fore-head, mov making the hand upwards & back to his forehead repeatedly.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIOfyCTqbd
" See? I am clearly the taller one."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVllvkTCdw
" You are slant making your hands upwards! Not fair!" I reach for his hand, try making to pull it down & make it go straight.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ64UPtMv8z
He sees his watch as I pull his hands down, & his eyes widen.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0icgQP9g0
" Alright, just get in the scanner, it is getting late." he pauses.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYWJks3d5h
" I'm still taller than you, though."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOoOJehvJq
" Shut your big bazoo, child." as we walk over to the scanner & I step into it, shutt making the door before he can say anything further.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48qmlHdaQu
I smile as I see him say making something that looks a lot like Miss Shorty through the transparent metal that forms the scanner's body.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡbds7XMA00F
The scanner says " Commenc making Scan..."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJtGycUQIE
I see the scanner pass making over & I have a realisation.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMMH97onif
It worked! It's not making all those awful clank making noises anymore. I streamlined the design yesterday, removed quite a few of the gears & polished the ones I absolutely could not removecopyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡRttkBq7bq7
A few seconds later, " Scan completed. Results visible on Analytical Engine's Liquiform Viewer."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIRkppxkff
I step out, & Peregrine nods, indicat making that everything is in order.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡYw2LdcTBzb
" Oh, there is actually one thing..." he says.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqEjLgKSra
" Yeah? Is my finger joint act making up again? It has been a bit off now that I think about it..." I look at my finger.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiTQDjgbDv
" No, it's not that."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC2unfGgRg
I look up & see a small smile he's trying to hold back. I narrow my eyes.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIH62smMkO
" It says you need to clean our your SRDs more often. Also, that I'm definitely taller than you."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡXj7QaLarWN
I huff, curl making my hand into a fist, but then relax making it.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnpZRNey35
" Don't do that to me, you little kid."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvNvCQXZCi
I flex my finger.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzCVqNGAeC
" Guess nothing is wrong with my poor finger after all. I had better put the illusion back on."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡob0OaRBpqF
" Please don't... Just this once."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡveajKN9IML
I turn to him.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AkCvLpblE
" Please don't what?"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJPOx0G9q7
" No illusion."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVlZe6MoOz
" No illusion?"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9P9urFfRRB
" Yeah."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFlluTmb2M
" Why?" confusedly said by me.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRHEQWKDlz
" You know I like it better."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvomZQ2fHT
" You have never asked me to keep it like this, though."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdzcz45Vg8
" You know why Hermes is com making, Ollie."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzZpdQmYtH
" I don't know for sure..."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHcV3cM6st
He stares at me, half-lidded, sarcastically.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjHzvhEBcU
" Alright, fine, just this once I won't, but I'm putting it back on when we return."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUtJkHzGF3
" Sure you are."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡocKA8ONUUf
I look at him, my brow arched.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUy6u4n8FA
" & just what is that supposed to mean?"copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pvv8PdHwS
" Nothing. Nothing at all."copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU5vveki9f
My IEMP growls.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx96EDb2MR
& at the command of it, we walk out of the room to (finally) go on our little picnic.copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOg9koYx6v
Out of curiosity, do you guys like the use of '&' instead of 'and'?copyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSqvnVJIeS
P.S. Don't forget to vote if you think people look better without illusions. :Pcopyright protection116ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMq7T5L47x
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