Prologue
I was unconscious against the cold hard ice, at first I was on a mission for my commander, but now I don't know where I am or who I am. all around me are shards of a mirror for some reason, I never looked in mirrors anyways, because when I look in them it shows me on the inside, beaten and ugly.
All of a sudden I see troops marching towards me.
"Name" the guard demands, I stammer back "I-I d-don't kn-now"
They throw me on the ground. As I stand up I realize the uniforms and the blood rushes back to my head.
"Hari" I manage to yell, blood caught in my throat.
One of the guards smiles slyly and uncharacteristically.
Suddenly he runs in a sprint towards me, swoops me up and bolts for it.
...
As I wake up I realize that I must have fallen asleep.
My eyes capture my surroundings.
I am in a dome.
It is made of glass, but it seems to shimmer in the blinding light piercing the darkness, like a soldier with a blade.
I look at my arms, both gone.
It doesn't matter I think.
I am already dead.
I feel my head, it's once thick white hair gone and replaced with metal.
For the first time in my life I take a slow glance towards a mirror.
Panic.
Fear.
Hatred.
Worry.
Madness.
All describe what I feel.
I.
Am.
A.
Robot.
Metal.
All of me is metal.
Then I remember.
I was a human, but...
I was genetically enhanced by my guild.
They saw me dying.
They tried to help, so they replaced my heart and my arms and my head.
They said it would help.
But it made me different.
I could hear talking across the dome.
I tried to get up, my legs aching, one metal one human.
But I can't seem to place where the talking is coming from.
Suddenly I hear it.
"She's too dangerous"
"But I know she will remember me"
"If she can't fight, she can't stay."
"She will be able to, trust me commander"
"Fine, you have one maru"
"I will not fail you commander"
"good"
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