Stealth assessing St George’s battle damage, hairs unsinged

The front of his bodysuit had been destroyed. Judging from the heat and tearing damage at the edges of the area, I believed he had been hit with a 12-gauge at a distance of less than ten feet. He rubbed his exposed chest for the second time since entering my office. The skin was unmarked. Not even a bruise. The light amount of chest hair he had was unsinged.

Excerpt From Ex-Isle, pg 31
Peter Clines
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