"At least we'll be much more prepared for the next world." Shiro agrees. He takes a swig of water uses it to swallow down the pills. The aftertaste is always awful. But that's a hell of a lot better than his arm being stuck by a damn alien injector. His hand twitches. He ignores it and takes a sip of water.

He misses the Sig Saucer P226s, he'd have loaded both of them and set them where he could reach them. Instead, he has his arm and a sword. Or if it came to it, metal teeth and claws.

Maybe Shehui made him too paranoid. "Don't think him a pushover." Ah right, he needs to say something about that. "I sparred with him. I threw my best at him and he kept up with me. ...Keith, he wasn't even actively trying. If he had, I would have lost very quickly."