Beeny narrows her eyes behind her visor, instantly tensing and fighting to keep it from showing. Even so, her gloves creak slightly as her own fists tighten and she eyes Dredd up.
This isn't Judge Dredd. He'd been off for a while now, but she was willing to chalk it up to youthfulness. A certain lack of control many young hotshots just out of the academy tended to pick up, before years on the street taught them the value of rigid self-control. This wasn't an extreme emotional outburst for a normal person, but for Dredd... practically unthinkable.
Who could it be? Not Judge Rico, he had no reason to play games. Judge... Kraken? No. 2080s. Before Kraken's time. This left... Rico Dredd. The original cracked mirror. Stomm.
This could be trouble. Or, if she played her cards right, it could be manageable. America doesn't know much about Rico, but he played the part of a Judge long enough to be nearly undetected. If he plays the good Judge here, if she can pressure him into playing the role... She'd need a moment to think on this. Rico wasn't someone to just toy with, and she wasn't a master manipulator. She might know a few different tricks, but they had roughly the same training. Some forty years apart.
Controlling her voice, forcing it into the same conversational tone, she allows some disgust to creep in. "'Scientific research'. Discovering the birth of the universe, that sort of nonsense." ...Better keep piling on the bad news if she's going to play the helpful, clueless Judge here. "You're going to hate this next bit of intel. One of these machines has been stolen. No leads yet." She waits a moment, eying him. "Unknown members of the media have been using it to create bio-dramas, 'Legionnaire Legacies' of various members for the general public. Exposing past lives before we came here, from acts of vigilante heroism to crimes like attempted genocide. Legion leadership takes the approach that they need members too much to arrest them for anything done back 'home', though."
America could tell him that the Legion's own Anywhere Machine is free for use for the members. That it could be tied into the sim rooms. That she's been using it to solve her backlog here. But, if she's right, if he isn't the ally she thought he was, too much information like that could end up wrecking the timeline. Would that be enough to cause Helter Skelter? She's not sure, but this has suddenly become much more dangerous.
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This isn't Judge Dredd. He'd been off for a while now, but she was willing to chalk it up to youthfulness. A certain lack of control many young hotshots just out of the academy tended to pick up, before years on the street taught them the value of rigid self-control. This wasn't an extreme emotional outburst for a normal person, but for Dredd... practically unthinkable.
Who could it be? Not Judge Rico, he had no reason to play games. Judge... Kraken? No. 2080s. Before Kraken's time. This left... Rico Dredd. The original cracked mirror. Stomm.
This could be trouble. Or, if she played her cards right, it could be manageable. America doesn't know much about Rico, but he played the part of a Judge long enough to be nearly undetected. If he plays the good Judge here, if she can pressure him into playing the role... She'd need a moment to think on this. Rico wasn't someone to just toy with, and she wasn't a master manipulator. She might know a few different tricks, but they had roughly the same training. Some forty years apart.
Controlling her voice, forcing it into the same conversational tone, she allows some disgust to creep in. "'Scientific research'. Discovering the birth of the universe, that sort of nonsense." ...Better keep piling on the bad news if she's going to play the helpful, clueless Judge here. "You're going to hate this next bit of intel. One of these machines has been stolen. No leads yet." She waits a moment, eying him. "Unknown members of the media have been using it to create bio-dramas, 'Legionnaire Legacies' of various members for the general public. Exposing past lives before we came here, from acts of vigilante heroism to crimes like attempted genocide. Legion leadership takes the approach that they need members too much to arrest them for anything done back 'home', though."
America could tell him that the Legion's own Anywhere Machine is free for use for the members. That it could be tied into the sim rooms. That she's been using it to solve her backlog here. But, if she's right, if he isn't the ally she thought he was, too much information like that could end up wrecking the timeline. Would that be enough to cause Helter Skelter? She's not sure, but this has suddenly become much more dangerous.