464 The Might of Ashobel

Gladis Hub 0900 hours

The giant Ashobel smoothed down the fur on its hips. "Does this puppet make me look fat?" Chiba's rubbed her muscular chest while showing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

Nix glanced at her and shrugged slightly. "I like the look on you. Perhaps you should keep it."

Chiba nodded in agreement. "Can you modify one of these into my armor?"

"That's an emperor puppet... Do you know how much time and credits it takes to make one?" Nix turned his back on her and started tightened the strap on Morti's silver helmet. "Remember... You need to stay here until the second wave."

Morti's big head started to nod up and down but then paused. "Hey, Nix."

Nix stepped back and viewed his work before giving Morti the thumbs up. "What's up?"

Morti stared at the stack of puppets on the floor. "How many extra Ashobels do you have?"