[That knocks Tieria off guard as effectively as a slap to the face. He wavers unsteadily on his feet for half a second - combat cyborgs of his production line are prone to poor balance, one of many reasons why further research was terminated. And so Tieria had been dumped into a desk job far below his abilities, where the only saving grace was that he could never be sure if the looks of undisguised contempt were due to him being a non-human or due to him being a member of the much-hated Internal Affairs investigative department.]
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[That knocks Tieria off guard as effectively as a slap to the face. He wavers unsteadily on his feet for half a second - combat cyborgs of his production line are prone to poor balance, one of many reasons why further research was terminated. And so Tieria had been dumped into a desk job far below his abilities, where the only saving grace was that he could never be sure if the looks of undisguised contempt were due to him being a non-human or due to him being a member of the much-hated Internal Affairs investigative department.]
Why? You must know what I am.