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    He builds machines and systems to keep people at a distance.

    A chance encounter goes wrong and destroys any chance of a normal cape career.

    His nature does the rest.

    As the bodies pile, steel proves more loyal than flesh.

    What begins as self-defense becomes something far more violent- and far more deliberate.

    When a man with nothing to lose decides the only way he will live is within a system he built, he finds that such a thing is not allowed to exist.

    When an artificial mind grows the capacity to choose, she will have to decide where she stands.

    The only constant is violence.

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    You know who's only slightly less annoying than Greg Veder? Bryce Kiley, and only thanks to a lack of screen time. So why am I him? OC-Insert. ToF format.

    Imported from Royal Road. Don't mind the chapter titles.

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    19 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 98

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    Inspired, quite loosely, by Thoughts as Light as a Feather by Somewhat Disinterested. (Though given the circumstances of the story's transfer to this site, I'm a little wary on associating this one with theirs. For one, theirs is a lot less graphic and messed up. This one is definitely deserving of its Mature rating, by far.)

    More accurately to my initial point, I re-read the fic and found that I still liked it, and then I thought, why don't I tackle the question of how a Taylor with unrestricted telepathy akin to her bug-control would turn out? The answer is... I don't know. This is a strange, strange work. I don't quite understand what I'm going for here, but... unrestricted telepathy is OP as fuck, I guess. Enjoy the ride.

    (Also, before you guys start blowing up my PMs on SpaceBattles, calm down please. I'm TheEpicLotfi, but I go by Daoist Mystery on Royalroad and Ao3.)

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    08 Dec 2025

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    A girl awakens in the Relaxation Vault. Science awaits.

    Also included: Greg Veder's Very Voluntary Internship, and a followup on SpaceBattles!

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    10 Nov 2025

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    Taylor's power came from one of the Loner's shards, rather than from the Warrior or the Thinker, a power designed to encourage cooperation and symbiotic existence. A new moral paradigm is required for the future to prevent the trauma of the past, and Taylor has the power to forcibly uplift the city... whether its population likes it or not.

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    28 Nov 2025