Mac's pissed off the photocopier, and he's going to handle it the same way he handles all of his problems: by just not. In this case, that means trying to run away from it instead of trying to neutralize the threat. He goes careening around the corner, skidding over a puddle of soda, when Nora addresses him and grabs his attention.
Mac's not shrewd but he is a dyed-in-the-wool opportunist, and as such his first thought looking at Nora is to consider if the copier will take her as a sacrifice instead. Decoys are, after all, a tried and true military tactic used to fight drones and Nazis and whatever else, so clearly they're an acceptable solution to a rogue photocopier. A photocopier whose stupid-fast wheels he can hear squealing down the hallway behind him.
"Uh-" he scrambles to think of something, but he's just never been someone who's managed to keep his wits about him under pressure. It gets harder to think and breathe and everything moves way too quickly, which is why his brilliant plan to throw this cocky soda-popping chick under the bus boils down to: "look behind you!"
And then, whether she does or not, Mac tries to push past her and clamber over soda vending machine that's blocking the hall, just in time for the photocopier to screech around the corner and beeline straight for all three of them - Mac, Nora, and the carcass of her foe - with the kind of singleminded speed and intensity that's sure to cause a loud crash and shitton of shrapnel when it hits.
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Mac's not shrewd but he is a dyed-in-the-wool opportunist, and as such his first thought looking at Nora is to consider if the copier will take her as a sacrifice instead. Decoys are, after all, a tried and true military tactic used to fight drones and Nazis and whatever else, so clearly they're an acceptable solution to a rogue photocopier. A photocopier whose stupid-fast wheels he can hear squealing down the hallway behind him.
"Uh-" he scrambles to think of something, but he's just never been someone who's managed to keep his wits about him under pressure. It gets harder to think and breathe and everything moves way too quickly, which is why his brilliant plan to throw this cocky soda-popping chick under the bus boils down to: "look behind you!"
And then, whether she does or not, Mac tries to push past her and clamber over soda vending machine that's blocking the hall, just in time for the photocopier to screech around the corner and beeline straight for all three of them - Mac, Nora, and the carcass of her foe - with the kind of singleminded speed and intensity that's sure to cause a loud crash and shitton of shrapnel when it hits.