Dead Zone Thessaron-1. Eight billion unconscious beings. Predator age: sixteen million years. Final target. Pattern completion. Thirteenth kill.
Total-weapon approached. No person-self. No humanity. No conscience. No Kaine. Only weapon. Only function. Only purpose.
One hundred percent weapon. Zero percent person. Perfect tool. Absolute killer. Complete monster. Total function.
The predator sensed immediately what approached. Sensed something that previous twelve kills hadn't sensed. Sensed weapon-absolute. Sensed total killer. Sensed being that was purely function without any humanity remaining.
