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** It certainly seems like Merc is getting a lot more information about faith than just a dot on a map. It's hard to imagine him saying some of the things he says without him having a full video feed to comment on.

*** I see what you mean:

*** If I remember it correctly, wasn't that the scene where you cross the street with the aid of a few strategically placed cranes? They probably wouldn't show up on whatever map Merc was using, so to him it probably looked like Faith just ran like 50 meters on thin air. A bit oddly phrased perhaps, but that's how I've always interpreted that line.

** Maybe the runners are transporting physical artifacts, like forged passports, or fake versions of other "official" documents. The specialized equipment required to forge these means they would need to be made offsite for any "legitimate" client, but would need to the transported through underground channels (e.g. Faith). Or [[Alternative Character Interpretation|they might just be transporting cocaine and conflict diamonds]].

**** They're not the government. They're a private security firm hired by the mayor in an attempt to greatly increase his control over the city in what is stated to be a hostile takeover of the CPF (hence Miller's willingness to help Faith in the final chapter). It's not like she's been necessarily involved in gunfights before and has been running around doing this all the time; remember that in the initial training chapter, Celeste shrugs off the idea of close quarters combat training and disarms as probably unnecessary, but something that Merc insisted on ("you know know how he is"). For all we know, this is the first time Faith's ever had to seriously fight back. Besides, where are people getting the impression that Faith is some sort of pacifist from? She's threatened to kill Miller when he pulled a gun on her, and she shows no qualms about gunning down PK when she's cornered by them during her confrontation with Celeste. They started gunning for Runners, so she fights back. Shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

* So after making a first-person puzzle platformer involving a lot of jumping puzzles that stars a female protagonist and takes place in a futuristic environment where everything is shiny and white, was "Still Alive" really the most distinguished credit song name they could have chosen?

* How on earth is Faith 5'9" and only 129 lbs? This troper has a nearly identical build and weighs the same, but is only 5'3".

** The same reason [[Marvel Comics|Carol Danvers]] is 5'10" and 130 lbs: [[Most Writers Are Male]] and/or [[Did Not Do the Research]]. There seems to be this idea in fiction that a woman who weighs over 130-ish lbs is "fat" or "heavy", when in reality, a woman who is 5'9" and weighs 129 lbs is most likely drastically underweight and unhealthy.

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