I--- Ararza Vol 29 Young Female Fighter 314 Now

Survivor.

And survivors don't stay in cages forever. i--- Ararza Vol 29 Young Female Fighter 314

It didn't matter. I had a new designation now, one I gave myself. Survivor

I kicked off a floating chunk of debris, drew the ion dagger hidden in my thigh sheath (not regulation, but Vol 29 didn't follow rules—we followed survival), and let my bleeding eyes do the math. 892’s reactor casing had a hairline fracture from a previous bout. The Oligarch's maintenance was sloppy for Warforms they considered unbeatable. i--- Ararza Vol 29 Young Female Fighter 314

The designation was "i--- Ararza Vol 29 Young Female Fighter 314." The stutter in the identifier wasn't a glitch; it was a scar. It meant I had almost been decommissioned twice.