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Deus Ex Human Revolution: Trust is Hard	By : furbert Category: +A through F > Deus Ex Views: 3736 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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*Author's note* This is a short one, a bit of an interlude in the action whilst Adam works out their next move. I do intend to finish this story, I'm just a bit slow on the upload, sorry!

Adam wasn't sure why he had told Li the story behind his augmentations. He didn't like people prying into his life – especially not about that – but he had told her anyway. Maybe he was just sick of her thinking that he was a freak, but there wasn't time to sit around wondering whether she had changed her opinion.

She had gone quiet, and was sitting at the table pushing a leftover noodle around her bowl with her chopsticks. A frown was marring the creamy skin of her forehead whilst she concentrated on separating the noodles into individual strands.

"You know," Adam began, and she looked up to meet his eyes as he talked. "This is a pretty major thing you're about to do. Are you sure you're okay with it?"

Li's frown deepened. "You mean leaving England?" He nodded, and she thought for a moment before continuing. "It's not as if I have much choice now, do I?"

Adam narrowed his eyes behind his glasses. So much for her changing her opinions. He figured she was going to think of him as the bad guy until he managed to sort out the mess somehow, but her next words surprised him.

"But… I'm leaving a corrupt, fanatically religious police state in the midst of the most epic recession since the Euro collapse. I guess it doesn't seem like such a terrible thing if I think about it that way."

She had a point. But still, this was home for her. "We'll get out of Hengsha as soon as I'm done," he replied. "Then we'll find somewhere more permanent for you."

Li nodded absently, then started piling the freshly separated noodles back into a mess. Adam watched her for a while before he spoke again. "What happened?" he asked. "I mean, the UK used to be a major player in Europe. Used to have a good relationship with the US too."

Li looked up again, her mouth twisting in displeasure as she spoke. "I dunno why it happened. It started so slowly I think nobody bothered to take any notice. They started letting schools refuse to teach evolution on the curriculum, then they even started letting them teach Creationism as truth without offering any possible alternative theories.

"Then there was this scientist, Richard Dawkins, who was trying to get people to argue against teaching Creationism as fact. I think they imprisoned him right about the time that the government officially discredited Darwin. So when Hugh Darrow came along, talking about how we could use his new technology to control human evolution... well, it didn't go down well."

"Guess he was lucky to have gotten out when he did," Adam commented, and Li nodded. "It's pretty weird, though. They're so big on religion, but they don't do anything to control places like that alley we hid in. Or the sewers."

Li's frown turned into an amused smile. "What?" she asked. "You haven't come across religion and corruption within the same organisation before?"

"Fair enough," Adam said. Li set down her chopsticks, and a thought suddenly occurred to him. "Hand feeling better?" he asked. She had been using her chopsticks with the hand that she had damaged, without any apparent pain or loss of dexterity at all.

She blushed, and the same panicked expression crossed her face as it had earlier when he noticed she was hurt. Adam's augmentations confirmed that her heart rate increased as she realised what he was talking about.

"I – yeah," she replied, voice suddenly uneven. "It feels a bit better, thanks. I told you it must have just been a sprain."

But the truth was that it had most definitely been broken; his augmented vision had confirmed that, just as it was currently confirming that the damaged bone was now almost completely healed. In any other environment, he would have assumed that she had some kind of health augmentation like his Sentinel, but it would have been pretty much impossible to come by or conceal in this place. As unlikely as it seemed, though, it might go some way towards explaining the sheer number of SpecOps soldiers out looking for Li.

Adam didn't push the issue, and they sat in awkward silence until Li got up to visit the bathroom. Once she was out of earshot, he decided to follow up on his hunch.

"Pritchard?" he sub-vocalised, and waited impatiently for the man to respond.

"What is it now, Jensen?" Pritchard asked. "We can't all be off doing field trips, you know. Some of us have to stay in the office and do the real work."

"Well the next time a field trip opportunity comes up I'll recommend you, Francis. Just remember to pack light; jumping out of flaming V-TOLs isn't exactly a walk in the park."

"Yes, yes, I've already seen it Jensen. A little over dramatic for an entrance, if you're trying to keep a low profile."

"It didn't go entirely to plan," Adam admitted, before getting down to business. "Look, Pritchard, I've ended up picking up this girl along the way - "

"Remind me, will you Jensen," Pritchard snapped. "Why would I be interested in your love life?"

"Just shut up and do your job, Francis," Adam replied, wondering if the sub-vocalised version of his voice was able to convey even a fraction of his annoyance. "She helped me out, so I'm trying to return the favour. But UK SpecOps are after her, and they're putting in far more effort than I would have expected." He did not have time to explain the situation in any greater detail. "I'm sending you a copy of her biometrics that we took to sort a passport; can you find out who she is?"

"Have you considered asking the lady her name? Or was it more of a one night stand sort of deal?"

"Why do you always assume that everything has to involve sex, Pritchard?"

"Ahh, so you're not her type? Perhaps she's not into Robocop?"

Adam felt his teeth clench at that, but he wasn't going to bite. "Just find out who she is, Pritchard, and let me know when you're done."

"And I should be doing this on Sarif Industries' time because...?"

"Because if it isn't done, Francis," Adam replied. "By the time I get back to Detroit, Sarif Industries will have to hire a new computer security expert."

Li was quiet after they left the noodle bar. Their conversation about the scientists who had died at Sarif Industries had left her feeling a little off, and she didn't dare try to delve too deeply into that particular part of her mind. She had been so stupid to have allowed Adam to see that she had injured her hand; she was normally so careful around other people. She was going to have to be more careful. It was pretty obvious that his augmented eyes could spot details that any normal person would usually miss.

He hadn't brought it up any further, but she suspected that was because they needed to keep moving rather than him not being concerned. He was, she assumed, talking to someone over some kind of telecoms link, and as he ended the discussion with a sharp huff of his breath, it didn't seem to have gone well.

"Bad news?" she asked, and he raked his fingers through his hair as he looked over at her.

"Flying's a no-go," Adam replied. "The pilot we'd arranged to fly me back out of here can't take a second passenger, and I can't trust anyone else not to turn us in."

"Oh," Li replied, her throat tightening as an uneasy feeling crept over her. Was he going to leave her behind after all?

"We're just gonna have to change our plans a little," he went on. "There's a port terminal in this city, a couple of miles east of here. It'll be easier to get us onto something like a container ship."

"The UK Port Authority won't allow any augmented humans in or out of the country, will they?"

"Not any that they know about," Adam agreed. "So we'll just have to make sure they don't know about us until we get out of UK territory."

"No UK shipping lanes travel to China any more, though," Li said, frowning.

"No," he replied. "But they do go to Canada, and then maybe we can use that passport that we spent all day making."

"Would be rude not to," Li agreed. "With the amount you paid him. What about you though?"

"What about me?"

"You didn't get the sewer guy to make you a passport?"

"I had that all ready before I got here," Adam explained. "But I'd expected to be travelling alone."

"Oh," Li sighed. Suddenly she felt like she was the one who had jumped out of the sky and turned his life upside down. A gust of wind fluttered along the dingy street, and she shivered.

"Come on," he said, squeezing her hand and pulling her in closer to his side to shield her from the wind. "Let's get out of this crazy place."
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