Cat manages to get in touch with Longbow, the Vanguard who sold the Anti-Air system to the building, to turn on the guns. He insists on calling her "little sister," screenshots one of her reactions and posts it to a private samurai channel, and just overall acts like a trollish older brother.
Longbow mentions that the AA system, which he sold to the company for millions if not billions of credits, has exactly one flaw: The owners insisted on having VIP rooftop parking, leaving several gaping holes in the defense net.
Cat is saved by Deus Ex, a foul-mouthed tiny pre-teen girl in a robot suit that is clearly built in a way to make people think she has any chest whatsoever. Cat can't stop laughing at her.
Deus Ex: I could fucking melt you and no one would blink an eye.
Cat's Lock-and-Load Montage where she gets more cybernetics, more guns, and a Badass Longcoat, followed by her confidently stepping out in front of some corporate soldiers.
Catherine Leblanc looked like a badass. And then, because I wasn't paying attention, I missed a step on the rickety stairs and tumbled down ass over teakettle. The soldiers looked down at me. Then the younger ones turned to look elsewhere, their shoulders trembling with something that I doubted was fear.
Book 2:
Cat and Lucy are rather open about their sexual adventures, especially in front of Gomorrah, who it should be noted, is a nun.
Some thugs try to mug Cat and Gomorrah. Cat and Gomorrah rather openly discuss how they're going to kill these idiots. When Gomorrah mentions her flamethrowers, one of the thugs protests that those things are forbidden by the Geneva Convention. Cat just stares at him.
Book 3:
Gomorrah has a sister at the church who, in her opinion, tends to get too violent with criminals. Cat takes a moment to think about the fact that this is coming from someone who regularly sets people on fire.
When Gomorrah shows Cat a picture of her missing friend, Cat is very annoyed that she is sexy.
Cat: Okay, what the hell? Does your abbey or coven or whatever only take in cute girls? Gomorrah: Uh, no? I... guess there might be some overlap though. We're all well fed, and we exercise a lot. Beauty tends to follow that often enough, I guess. Cat: Yeah, Lucy's not allowed to visit, okay? Gomorrah: Deal.
Cat meets a social worker who is happy to help with the two hundred people she drops in his lap, no need for any threats or even arguing. Cat is very confused.
I figured Peter was some sort of masochist, getting off on the suffering that people brought to him, then getting off again on helping them through it. Or he was just genuinely a nice person, but that didn't feel as likely as my first idea.
Book 4:
Cat meets the samurai Laserjack, who specializes in... social tech. No lasers at all. Even Myalis admits his name is misleading at best.
Upon renovating the museum, Lucy successfully manages to convince Cat to make it cat-themed. And it costs almost eight thousand points.
Cat: I can't believe I'm going to spend so much on a fucking meme.
Book 5:
Cat meets Johnny, a new samurai who spends most of his time hitting on everything with breasts. His go-to move is to point at a girl, then at himself, then hip-thrust.
Cat: Yeah, uh, I can't actually see that working on a woman. Ever. Johnny: Ah, it works on the right kind of babe. Cat: Did it ever work for you? Johnny:[looks away] One day, it will.
Even a brand-new samurai thinks it's weird that Cat talks to Myalis out loud.
Sprout: You talk to your AI out loud? Cat: It's, um, for your benefit. I want to show you what a good AI-Vanguard relationship looks like. Myalis: You are, to put it into terms you’d understand, so full of shit.
