"After enough close combat it was clear we were both getting tired, myself more so. I could not keep this up forever. I had to think quickly.

I saw my out-- my own power cables. I could not fell this monster with petty scratching, no, I needed a quick and powerful upper hand. I shed my claws with haste and grasped both cables, one in each hand. You had also recently managed to fix a basic communication line back to my system...

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>SYSHINK, I will need one last thing from you.
>I require all of your saved power in one burst.
>I know what will happen, but it cannot be allowed to continue existing.
>Thank you for all of these long years.
>We're going out with a bang.

"Ava, I'm sorry that all of your hard work will have been in vain. You have been good to me; please let it be known that I greatly appreciated your kindness. I hope to meet you again someday."

"What are you--"

"Ava...thank you."

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It darted and spun around in an attempt to pin me, its momentum running right into the cable prongs as the final burst of electric power erupted through the plugs. That is the last thing I remember before its volatile energy neutralized and everything went black."

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