[He sounds a little surprised, too, because he mostly brought it up on the basis that it's common knowledge. The government is never going to release the details of what was done, exactly (and for good reason--he's pretty sure the human rights people would have a collective conniption), but after the crisis they couldn't keep it under wraps. They were legitimized, because who wouldn't, after what they did to end the war? Desperate times, desperate measures, and who was going to argue at the time, especially when they were, for all intents and purposes, a rousing success?
Things are a little different, now.]
Genetic enhancement. I was augmented. Wasn't much older than you.
[Younger, even. He shrugs and says it casually, like he's discussing the weather. This is not where he expected the conversation to go, but he can see that he's got Genji's attention, so he can roll with it.]
no subject
[He sounds a little surprised, too, because he mostly brought it up on the basis that it's common knowledge. The government is never going to release the details of what was done, exactly (and for good reason--he's pretty sure the human rights people would have a collective conniption), but after the crisis they couldn't keep it under wraps. They were legitimized, because who wouldn't, after what they did to end the war? Desperate times, desperate measures, and who was going to argue at the time, especially when they were, for all intents and purposes, a rousing success?
Things are a little different, now.]
Genetic enhancement. I was augmented. Wasn't much older than you.
[Younger, even. He shrugs and says it casually, like he's discussing the weather. This is not where he expected the conversation to go, but he can see that he's got Genji's attention, so he can roll with it.]
Used to break a lot of stuff.