Sorry about no updates for a while, but I finished spell-checking my book, so later updates should be quicker. ^-^copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡACLPDm9qQc
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WQAFScXKo
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmGinExn6x
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrxNbZmI2n
Suddenly, I notice Peregrine wav making his hand in my face & I blink.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuT5pIDsmU
He exhales, " For a moment there I thought maybe the machine had decomposed something in your IEMP..."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j4cqSKMeh
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiEsLpLnb3
" Exactly my point."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡvm4kM9dbx5
" Alright, I had better get in the glitch scanner..."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pXRuezc7j
" Wait."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2eFVT5Oqd
" What?" I asked confused.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qNw7Vqxhl
" Take out the lens."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBnNHwRWd0
" Why?"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaszAL6wRQ
" The scan is slower with it in." he paused.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡemGuigBg2y
" Also..." he scratched his head.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4pxwWoz5l
" You know I like it better when it's out." he said sheepishly.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTxOhrPiXr
" I don't see why. It just makes my imperfections glare out at you all the more."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡtor9HwPknY
" Just take it out."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡb91j7RQKag
" Fine. I'll do it." I grumble, tak making out the lens & sett making it down in a little box.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbGSUsrFpl
He smiled at see making my eye without the lens.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf1H8dNkQ7
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHfPU9JlmR
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6j0A6ClOK
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡctlDMxcYpD
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVjgf0gLXA
He immediately puffs up.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡcy51sWpD9W
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzaHMqiv6v
I stick my tongue out & chant, " Silly little boy, silly little boyyy!"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxnHmaT6Lu
" Oh yeah, Miss Shorty?"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhQ61PFWhF
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKudl3cUwHY
" See? I am clearly the taller one."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5GWFd3R25
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHBETAE0al
He sees his watch as I pull his hands down, & his eyes widen.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIKBW5IO1B
" Alright, just get in the scanner, it is getting late." he pauses.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY7QMMEMuF
" I'm still taller than you, though."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x42Z31TSU
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnS8FpE6gS
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuLzfCafZB
The scanner says " Commenc making Scan..."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡSR0uMODNMY
I see the scanner pass making over & I have a realisation.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2Qps1cb5f
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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡhegOnY7Pvj
A few seconds later, " Scan completed. Results visible on Analytical Engine's Liquiform Viewer."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAhR2Yi9ZP
I step out, & Peregrine nods, indicat making that everything is in order.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Lv7ArzcTv
" Oh, there is actually one thing..." he says.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uo2FSlapB
" 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 protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMdTG5ckse
" No, it's not that."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVN8hn3Enp
I look up & see a small smile he's trying to hold back. I narrow my eyes.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBbKaRXJcn
" It says you need to clean our your SRDs more often. Also, that I'm definitely taller than you."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdLkwevGMu
I huff, curl making my hand into a fist, but then relax making it.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG2AmNPrtJ
" Don't do that to me, you little kid."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPB8y9Xzzl
I flex my finger.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16GLMjGeYE
" Guess nothing is wrong with my poor finger after all. I had better put the illusion back on."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSczYnBvKQ
" Please don't... Just this once."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1T18zetpQ
I turn to him.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqwniGyfUv
" Please don't what?"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbD0WKkrQy
" No illusion."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoPtFLW3oZ
" No illusion?"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76PRE9c1M9
" Yeah."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbPmxU5ptz
" Why?" confusedly said by me.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ecqE63SXt
" You know I like it better."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9d5EWzrejm
" You have never asked me to keep it like this, though."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡowBSEjYviT
" You know why Hermes is com making, Ollie."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1MuO5Vc9N
" I don't know for sure..."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡJt8D6TN9fp
He stares at me, half-lidded, sarcastically.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡWG8YcZnK8R
" Alright, fine, just this once I won't, but I'm putting it back on when we return."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9HtIZYu5j
" Sure you are."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCbZCBqDZR
I look at him, my brow arched.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bvUIaTZe7
" & just what is that supposed to mean?"copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqjEAwylNo
" Nothing. Nothing at all."copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0PagfuzCs
My IEMP growls.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8Bnxk2sub
& at the command of it, we walk out of the room to (finally) go on our little picnic.copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbqhVmlMgA
Out of curiosity, do you guys like the use of '&' instead of 'and'?copyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cyLfwDmmN
P.S. Don't forget to vote if you think people look better without illusions. :Pcopyright protection286ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Imi5a7itz
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