"...So you're a mutant, got it." All joking aside, that was a heck of an ability to possess. Of course, Zhao may have wanted a better explanation to understand it better. What he really got from it was that the guy had some psychic type of abilities that allowed him to manipulate his surroundings. And create barriers apparently. "Is this science or fantasy bullshit? Because I'm leaning towards the latter but you made that first part sound like a college lecture. Lot of fancy sounding terms in there."
Though he did have plenty of schooling, Zhao had never heard of many of those terms--at least not in the way Kaiden used them. It sounded a little like science fiction but Zhao had to wonder if some secret government project had unleashed some new crazy science that sounded like fantasy bullshit. He couldn't deny that crazy shit existed in the world. In all honesty, he'd probably have a hard time explaining the Heat of Battle to someone not already initiated or having seen its effects in a fight. He thought of it as simple martial arts but others typically didn't understand it. There was a slight mystic aspect to it after all. Auras and inner energy and all that bullshit.
Then Kaiden said something else that caught Zhao's attention and the Chinese man had to re-think his guess. This place was beyond him in some aspects, and that meant there was some crazy stuff to adjust to, including apparently people from different worlds. And times. This, however, was his first real dealings with that sort of thing as fact rather than rumor.
"Whoa, okay, back up. I haven't been here that long. What's going on here? What did you say about the Alliance being humanity's military force? What, all of humanity? Since when did we decide to all join forces and hold hands like reasonable people?" Excuse him while he snarked at the same time he asked questions for an explanation on future world events.
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Though he did have plenty of schooling, Zhao had never heard of many of those terms--at least not in the way Kaiden used them. It sounded a little like science fiction but Zhao had to wonder if some secret government project had unleashed some new crazy science that sounded like fantasy bullshit. He couldn't deny that crazy shit existed in the world. In all honesty, he'd probably have a hard time explaining the Heat of Battle to someone not already initiated or having seen its effects in a fight. He thought of it as simple martial arts but others typically didn't understand it. There was a slight mystic aspect to it after all. Auras and inner energy and all that bullshit.
Then Kaiden said something else that caught Zhao's attention and the Chinese man had to re-think his guess. This place was beyond him in some aspects, and that meant there was some crazy stuff to adjust to, including apparently people from different worlds. And times. This, however, was his first real dealings with that sort of thing as fact rather than rumor.
"Whoa, okay, back up. I haven't been here that long. What's going on here? What did you say about the Alliance being humanity's military force? What, all of humanity? Since when did we decide to all join forces and hold hands like reasonable people?" Excuse him while he snarked at the same time he asked questions for an explanation on future world events.