Growing up with his father who is an innovative engineer, Jace is born into an okay life. At around 15, he enjoys being useful...and being a bit of a troublemaker. His dad's most recent invention, a robotic arm that has the ability to absorb and inherit personality traits from other machines. For example, he can slap a toaster with the palm of the hand and now the hand is able to generate its own heat anytime! Jace continues to scavenge bolts and gears for his dad despite his constant worrying. There are things at night that prowl around for their next victim...

 

One evening, Jace sneaks out before his father returns from his daily errands. He arrives at a warehouse and sneaks in for anything he can get his hands on. There he sees two figures below him dressed in all black with...shiny skin? With a quick flick of his head, he also sees his dad laying before them with a pistol to his head. Jace leaps over the railing above to save his only living family. A shot fires out and an enemy attacks Jace, severing his left arm and leaving him to die with his dad.

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Despite this fatal injury, Jace lives. He has no recollection of how he returned, but the tragic injury still greets him. In his father's office, he finds the arm and a sticky note with the sentence, "You really need to stop wandering." He dawns the arm as his own and with a sigh of guilt, he leaves to find whoever killed his dad.

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