Sorry about no updates for a while, but I finished spell-checking my book, so later updates should be quicker. ^-^copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SpTVKOlFX
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVzUl3PUaZ
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIoGdYHWvx
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡpApPukziGf
Suddenly, I notice Peregrine wav making his hand in my face & I blink.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpbQjxT9r3
He exhales, " For a moment there I thought maybe the machine had decomposed something in your IEMP..."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83MxJZvrW0
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmAnb4IKnp
" Exactly my point."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EObu8Ioh9
" Alright, I had better get in the glitch scanner..."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqceXWesna
" Wait."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmw3KH8tsv
" What?" I asked confused.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡSs9HDDPm17
" Take out the lens."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtxIIuFWX3
" Why?"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ppCsakADM
" The scan is slower with it in." he paused.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wefdST3eV
" Also..." he scratched his head.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKpIt7d83a
" You know I like it better when it's out." he said sheepishly.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaABN3M7Dp
" I don't see why. It just makes my imperfections glare out at you all the more."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKV8Z91Tcg
" Just take it out."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn0f6umkCq
" Fine. I'll do it." I grumble, tak making out the lens & sett making it down in a little box.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOB5qo8cvL
He smiled at see making my eye without the lens.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡCowyxvHzpU
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfhPuokRIW
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡidLTichqpM
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2bIAIeihE
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7TtXnRhfA
He immediately puffs up.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡexNZq5cHvC
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIEEqfnFxF
I stick my tongue out & chant, " Silly little boy, silly little boyyy!"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJNddKB51Q
" Oh yeah, Miss Shorty?"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfnsfNxsv3
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ZMJEdY2Sv
" See? I am clearly the taller one."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcevprf0wg
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbweEL2cdx
He sees his watch as I pull his hands down, & his eyes widen.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiw21bfZd8
" Alright, just get in the scanner, it is getting late." he pauses.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUkJqJbFKI
" I'm still taller than you, though."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBTsPyeSKs
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0KX2M8iMl
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhgK1Guclf
The scanner says " Commenc making Scan..."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhQOKGmYy6
I see the scanner pass making over & I have a realisation.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZ7bW9X4sJ
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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS1GD2m7eH
A few seconds later, " Scan completed. Results visible on Analytical Engine's Liquiform Viewer."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9ZdXJUkIs
I step out, & Peregrine nods, indicat making that everything is in order.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8ryjoIhsa
" Oh, there is actually one thing..." he says.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S32yG5VOj
" 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 protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbtCprmjL4
" No, it's not that."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡMddeLxCuP5
I look up & see a small smile he's trying to hold back. I narrow my eyes.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQXITwpYrd
" It says you need to clean our your SRDs more often. Also, that I'm definitely taller than you."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4pLHOd47Y
I huff, curl making my hand into a fist, but then relax making it.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ucm8YUKsJ
" Don't do that to me, you little kid."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8ANQtkgrM
I flex my finger.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKQTvyHJCP
" Guess nothing is wrong with my poor finger after all. I had better put the illusion back on."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLJU8SS2Ck
" Please don't... Just this once."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsslgjPAAg
I turn to him.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡn41eXwMFfo
" Please don't what?"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXafRi7JkK
" No illusion."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46cxrtRg4r
" No illusion?"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrvyFs5r8l
" Yeah."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDj0Sbi0VD
" Why?" confusedly said by me.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0JXxbqpsu
" You know I like it better."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0VmzBPE2X
" You have never asked me to keep it like this, though."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TBkTuwcur
" You know why Hermes is com making, Ollie."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfrzcZLCpd
" I don't know for sure..."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gd2CMDsrG
He stares at me, half-lidded, sarcastically.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsz1MtwiG0
" Alright, fine, just this once I won't, but I'm putting it back on when we return."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxfc7scS4B
" Sure you are."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bSjev6SXy
I look at him, my brow arched.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn08pNCV6j
" & just what is that supposed to mean?"copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRQc3XEgQI
" Nothing. Nothing at all."copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWUKg8fm0d
My IEMP growls.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzAVIZJlVP
& at the command of it, we walk out of the room to (finally) go on our little picnic.copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡERGv3KtH1j
Out of curiosity, do you guys like the use of '&' instead of 'and'?copyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTglEwtTTu
P.S. Don't forget to vote if you think people look better without illusions. :Pcopyright protection166ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O4HKNHt8C
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