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>You're hiring some muscle for your business
>Moving up in the world
>Or down, depending on perspective
>Some real shady characters have been seeking your services
>So you need a guard
>Mostly to stand there and look intimidating

>A chromed-out exotic answers your listing
>No rep, obviously inexperienced,
>Seems kind of desperate
>Probably some rich girl run away to play merc
>Or she stole those augs, or went deep into debt to pay for them
>No matter what, she's gonna bring trouble to your door
>Probably why no one has hired her yet
>She's also 50% too cute to be intimidating

>Fuck it, everyone deserves a chance
>You wouldn't have gotten anywhere in the beginning without someone willing to take a chance on you
>"Pretend I'm some gonk about to start shit. Intimidate me."
>She looks doubtful for a moment, then squares up
>draws in a breath
>releases a growl that sounds like a revving chainsaw
>that feels like standing in front of an approaching train.
>It awakens a primal fear deep in your brain
>It also awakens something else.
>Fuck.

"So, do I get the job?"