FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Noah doesn't know what he expects, but it certainly isn't anywhere near White Knight saying, "The Asset has a habit of disobedience. Providence has chosen you from a list of applicants to befriend it and keep an eye on it."
What Noah wants to say is what the fuck?
What he says instead is, "Whatever you need me to do, I'll do it."
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How Noah "befriends" Rex as a job, and then realizes it's not as fake as he thought it was.
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- Part 1 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Machines don't tend to react well to 6,000,000 volts of electricity, and Rex's systems are no different.
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A tie-in oneshot to Establish Connection.
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- Part 2 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Rex can't stop thinking about Noah—about how he thought he knew him. Noah lied to him for months.
Noah said he was sorry, so why is he still so fucking angry?
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The aftermath of Noah revealing that he's a plant.
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- Part 3 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Rylander looks shocked, lowers his gun, and says, "Rex? Is—is that you?"
Rex's heart leaps into his throat. "You… know my name." He can't hope. He shouldn't hope.
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Rex meets Rylander and walks away with more questions than answers.
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- Part 4 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Maybe Rex: Noah's friend, is different from Rex: Providence's Not-So-Secret Weapon. Maybe he can start to feel normal before Providence comes and makes him do it again.
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Rex has a panic attack and disobeying Providence has consequences.
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- Part 5 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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A document of scientific and military classifications of EVOs.
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- Part 6 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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"Would you want to come to train with me?" Rex asks. "Like. Self-defense and stuff."
Noah chuckles and goes back to his work. His pencil doesn't touch the page before he's looking up at Rex again. "Wait—you're serious this time."
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White Knight doesn't greet Rex—just says, "Your stay here comes with conditions. You realize that by now, yes?"
"Um. Yeah."
"Good. You will behave and do as you are told without question. Cooperate with the doctors, but you will listen to Six and other agents first and foremost."
Rex chews the inside of his lip. "Yes."
White Knight clears his throat. "Is that how you show respect to those above you?"
His face flushes and burns against the recycled air. "Yes, sir?"
"Hm," White Knight looks down his nose at him. "This is really just a formality. A reminder that everyone answers to me, and if you break the rules I will know about it."
"I won't," he insists.
"We'll see." He sounds nearly bored when he says it.
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In the present, Noah adjusts to being a Providence agent. In the past, Rex adjusts to being a Providence asset.
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- Part 7 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC
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Bonus content for FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC.
Official timeline, extra art, memes, and other supplementary information.
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- Part 8 of FUNCTION.HEARTBEAT : SYNC