Perhaps it was a little of both. With or without her voice he couldn't have fought it, but that certainly wouldn't have made it any easier.
"I've seen robots before, but never one like that," he says as he follows the Psiioniic down the hallway at a brisk trot.
"It changes every arena -- there have been dogs, insects, spiders, daywalkers, anything you could possibly imagine. Once there was a dragon." He shivers, remembering the footage from the very first cataclysmic arena finale he'd ever seen. He'd been dead by then, at least.
"Enemies that wear the faces or speak with the voices of our loved ones are common, though. I should have known it was a trap. I've been doing this for long enough it should be obvious by now."
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"I've seen robots before, but never one like that," he says as he follows the Psiioniic down the hallway at a brisk trot.
"It changes every arena -- there have been dogs, insects, spiders, daywalkers, anything you could possibly imagine. Once there was a dragon." He shivers, remembering the footage from the very first cataclysmic arena finale he'd ever seen. He'd been dead by then, at least.
"Enemies that wear the faces or speak with the voices of our loved ones are common, though. I should have known it was a trap. I've been doing this for long enough it should be obvious by now."