The fence was electrified.
Shadow Stalker snarled at what had almost been a grave mistake, entered her shadow state and leaped up and over the fence, being careful not to touch it.
Yeah, I suppose that could’ve gotten nasty. I wonder if Taylor was planning for it?
One of the reasons she couldn’t move through walls at will, beyond the huge break in her forward momentum and the excruciating pain that came with stalling in the midst of a wall, was wiring. She remained just as vulnerable, maybe even more vulnerable, to electrocution.
Interesting.
The people in the PRT labs couldn’t tell her if she could be killed by electrocution – traditional organs were barely present in her shadow state – but it was one of those things that couldn’t be properly tested without risking killing the subject.
“Yes, miss Stalker, it appears you can be killed by electrocution. …miss Stalker?”
End result? She had to be careful where she went, had received tinker-made lenses to help her spot such threats.
Ah, so they’re specifically for detecting electricity, not other things. Fair enough.
If Taylor’s paying attention (which she almost always is), she might’ve noticed Sophia’s hesitation and decision to jump the fence rather than walk through it. If she’s figured out Sophia’s weakness now, that might help her find a way out of this situation.
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