"Nope," Peter says quietly. "I have no clue what an exo is so I'll just assume it's what you are. But I did do a lot of work on prostheses, that was the truth. Way ahead of anything else out there. I still haven't seen anything get out on the market that was as good as what we were doing. Our work went beyond just replacements for limbs - it was transhumanistic. Stuff that could even augment what people have naturally. New limbs."
He raises both eyebrows.
"But our funding got pulled. Our big investor, Norman Osborn, wanted to force my boss into working for him and having to sign all his patents away. And my boss, he, uh, he didn't exactly handle it with grace. Which meant there was no way to ever get the lab back on track."
Peter breathes out a little sigh. "He was way ahead of his time. Taught me things they don't teach in even in the best tech schools in the world. I always thought it was a waste of his brain that he went so far off the rails -" His voice is mocking and bitter "- but Osborn just had a way with people."
They're led into an elevator.
"I'm a little rusty but I can do this. I'd probably run into problems if it was power core related or whatever medium your brain's in at the moment but you seem to be getting enough juice to move and seem to be with it. Body damage, I can handle. We'll just have to take it slow while I figure our your systems."
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"Nope," Peter says quietly. "I have no clue what an exo is so I'll just assume it's what you are. But I did do a lot of work on prostheses, that was the truth. Way ahead of anything else out there. I still haven't seen anything get out on the market that was as good as what we were doing. Our work went beyond just replacements for limbs - it was transhumanistic. Stuff that could even augment what people have naturally. New limbs."
He raises both eyebrows.
"But our funding got pulled. Our big investor, Norman Osborn, wanted to force my boss into working for him and having to sign all his patents away. And my boss, he, uh, he didn't exactly handle it with grace. Which meant there was no way to ever get the lab back on track."
Peter breathes out a little sigh. "He was way ahead of his time. Taught me things they don't teach in even in the best tech schools in the world. I always thought it was a waste of his brain that he went so far off the rails -" His voice is mocking and bitter "- but Osborn just had a way with people."
They're led into an elevator.
"I'm a little rusty but I can do this. I'd probably run into problems if it was power core related or whatever medium your brain's in at the moment but you seem to be getting enough juice to move and seem to be with it. Body damage, I can handle. We'll just have to take it slow while I figure our your systems."