The Human is only four foot in height, even with the battle-hardened live-suit. The recruits for this new marine outfit are six to seven foot Deathworlders from level three, and a couple near level four Deathworlds. The Human teaches them why you don't laugh at someone just because they're smaller. -- Anon Guest
Gurhag's Grunts were supposed to be meeting the maddest, baddest Deathworlder to train them in new combat techniques. When a child-sized entity in a livesuit appeared and took up the educator's position in the room, they fell to laughing.
"I have been told to introduce myself as Human Pat," they said. "Rest assured that I know five ways to kill each of you without trying at it."
"Good prank, kid," laughed the titular Gurhag, struggling to keep herself upright. "Get your parental in, we love an educator with a sense of humour." She had to activate her facial cleansers just to see.
The apparent child was not impressed, threatened, or cowed. "Haha, I'm short so I must be a kid. Hahaha. Great joke. Great joke. Who wants to be thrown across the room?"
It was Gorx who laughingly ambled towards Human Pat. "I'd like to see you t--" was all ze managed to say, because by then, the much smaller figure had a hold of hir wrist.
It happened so fast. A grip. A twist. A startled yelp from Gorx, and ze was not only across the room but upside-down.
Ze had one thing to say. "The flakk?"
"Leverage. Impetus. Inertia. Physics is your ally," said Human Pat. "The more you use their forces against them, the less energy you have to use to fight them. Have you finished underestimating me yet or would someone else like to have a go?"
Gurhag charged, only to find her world spinning briefly before ending up at a patch of wall right next to Gorx. "Okay," she admitted, re-evaluating all her former assumptions. "That's pretty effective."
"Lesson one, always the hardest," said Human Pat, helping both of them regain their feet. "Never underestimate the enemy. With any luck, I'm going to teach all of you to be paranoid arseholes just like me."
First impressions always last the longest. This encounter was only a contributing factor into Humanity's reputation as unstoppable killing machines.
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