I struck behind me, hoping to catch my attacker, but there was nobody there.
I realized what was happening too late, when my feet were hauled off the ground.
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Hmm. Is this Mannequin using his chains to put his hand away from the body Taylor would otherwise have struck?
In the span of a second, I soared up six or seven stories, the counterweight to a nine-foot tall man in featureless white armor who plunged downward to land in a heap on the ground.
Hiya!
I doubt there’s much Panacea can do against Mannequin so long as his casing stays intact.
Taylor mentions being “counterweight”. Does that mean Mannequin wrapped the chain over some form of construction beam up there?
Also, if I’m not mistaken with my calculations, Mannequin just pulled Taylor with a force of around 1500 newtons by her neck, while choking her. That kind of lifting probably ought to be deadlier than the dropping from that height. There’s a good chance Panacea will be very necessary after this.