"Advanced prosthesis, and what the Cyberlife techs call biocomponents. It's based on android tech because they decided it was appropriate to make the functioning hardware organ-like so it lent back to prosthetic research. Thirium's the blue fluid that sustains the energy and hydraulic pressure the components need to function," he explained, looking down at one of his arms, its spiderweb of hair-thin scars showing where he'd had work done. "If I'm honest with you? It's not super different, besides the income gap getting bigger. When androids went mass market, a lot of people were out of jobs and with no UBI and no rich assholes willing to help out with all that, the economy collapsed. The rest of us stuck in the middle just...try to make it work. I keep my head down and do my job and hope whatever comes next is gonna be ok."
Which, considering where he was now? Was a hell of a lot to ask for.
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Date: 2022-05-15 03:33 am (UTC)Which, considering where he was now? Was a hell of a lot to ask for.