Bane had forgotten how naive poor Taki was. Some days she wanted to cry, some days she wanted to laugh. Today's comment was one that broke through a film of the rage clouding her mind. He was somewhat right. Hacking Billy to pieces wasn't going to solve her problems in the end. Shoving the sword in her sheath with a loud click, she tossed it on her blankets. It was still hard to think through the anger that filled her being, and the hurt that had resulted in being abandoned. As a result, no clear explanation to the word Fuckface came. She took a deep breath, counted to ten, and thought of the best thing possible to explain her words.
"Um... it's a insult. A really big insult against someone. Don't say it, ok?"
It was almost like talking to a kid. Don't say this honey, it's a bad bad word. Making something up would have been worse, then the poor guy might have used it in common company who knew the insult. Now wouldn't that ruin business, if Taki's pacafism hadn't already. She then turned from Taki to Billy, taking up that thread of conversation. She spat the words out, another way for him to know she was pissed.
"As for you, Mr. Concerned Citizen, you could have come looking a month ago. Or hell, maybe even a month and a couple weeks ago, if it wasn't too much trouble."
She envisioned herself punching Billy in the face, her hand made of steel smashing his jaw into a million pieces in fair trade for the shit he put her through. The vision was in pristine condition, even detial etched out to the drops of blood and teeth shards coming from his mouth. The only problem was that her right hand responded to this vision, the nanomachines kicking in. Within five seconds her flesh-and-bone hand was gone, replaced by a steel replica that went up to her elbow, muscles in her upper arms enlarging to support and drive the extra weight. Letting it be, Bane couldn't handle looking at Billy anymore, disgusted.
The girl was standing there. Bane's memory was searched, and the answer came within seconds. Shadow. Billy's friend, the one who broke them out of the lab. Bane stared at her for a couple seconds, trying to decide if she was to blame as well. The conclusion was that Shadow was innocent. She didn't teleport, Billy asked her to. She was the reason Bane wasn't back in that lab. So she moved a little closer, and extended a hand to Shadow. Being right handed, it was the metal hand. Bane realized her nanomachines had responded to the vision, and slightly dismay and embarrasment filled her eyes. Determined not to be put off, she calmly said,
"I wanted to thank you for breaking me out of the lab."