Talia was dying. She could tell.
Ba-dump! Ba-dump!
Her heartbeat slowed with each subsequent second that passed.
Blood flowed from her mouth, nose, and eyes, dying her vision red. Her vision turned hazy. She could feel the encroaching embrace of death.
Despite the current situation, Talia was calm.
This was because she was an E Rank NetRunner now. It was notoriously hard to kill E Rank NetRunners, even more so than Gene Augurs. This is because of Neural Projection, the ability that enables them to enter AR overlays and interact with digital signals.
With Neural Projection, she could turn into a digital existence, negating the importance of biological organs, meaning that the damage dealt to her heart would no longer be considered a life-threatening damage.
Instead, the damage would be spread throughout her digital body.
With Mirror Mask, so long she had ADE, she could hide in a place where a Gene Augur would never find her, long enough to escape or fully recover.
