
//My memory’s really bad, but I was under the impression that Alita’s bodies before Last Order generally didn’t allow her to feel pain? I have to reread the first few volumes.
“If you don’t mind.” Alita beamed with gratitude. “You know, an android wouldn’t feel that pain.” She poked at the pinched flesh jokingly.
“So….you don’t feel pain? Physical pain?” he poked her arm.
“Well I can feel that! But… no pain.” She smiled mildly. The clunky body was slightly outdated, though the clumsiness of the design seemed irrelevant under her control.
Been thinking about you lately, scruffy taxi driver from Alita.
Wish I could start thinking like you.
Hayner laughed, “Well, you do look like you’ve got yourself covered”.
“Need a place to stay though?”
“If you don’t mind.” Alita beamed with gratitude. “You know, an android wouldn’t feel that pain.” She poked at the pinched flesh jokingly.
Detroit Anti-Augmentation Riots
(from Deus Ex: Human Revolution)

“Ido?”