[One advantage to being an android is that although he can register scents, unpleasant ones don't exactly cause the same inherent, visceral reactions they might in humans or some other species. It's just data that he notes and files away, unimportant to him at the moment, especially while watching Ephemera and silently thinking it's very annoying not being able to see through his helmet.

But the flamethrower retracts, and that's something, even if it's obvious he can deploy it pretty quickly. Fire doesn't really scare Connor, having little to no experience with it, but it is very effective against androids and it's worth noting as a threat.]

The animals? They're the same ones that have been on the outskirts of the city since we arrived. I'm not sure why they've begun to stampede, however.

[Something must have prompted it, right?]