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zaindcha
Ongoing, First published Sep 23, 2025
Machines rumble across the Stony surface with jittery red eyes and long gangly limbs wielding blades sharp enough to flay flesh from bone. 

The Sewers are the only place where humans can be free to trade ideas without scrutiny, at the cost of everything they'd considered the bare minimum years before.
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Mech

20 parts Complete Mature

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