Chapter Twenty-Nine
Alina walked over to the corner of the room, where she knelt and picked up a small gray rod. Erik didn’t recognize the device, and he wouldn’t have noticed it in the shadows if she hadn’t drawn attention to it.
“What’s that?” Erik asked. “A ghost bomb?”
“No. Bombs are sloppy. I don’t like to use them personally. They lead to too much collateral damage.” She set the rod on a nearby table. “The active holographic camouflage works wonders, just like you saw. Prototype tech. It’s not great for field use because it requires active emitters, but I figured I’d be proactive and test it under battle conditions. If it was purely suit-dependent, your little firefighting trick might have worked better. That was good thinking. I was interested to see how you would counter.”
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