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Paul could have flown from New Vegas to New Met City, but that would have meant exposing himself to the risk of recapture. He had no doubt that an image of his physical appearance had been distributed to law enforcement authorities and that there would be hoppers crisscrossing a wide search matrix searching for him. This was yet another reason to reclaim his original shell.
A face transplant would have thrown any pursuers off his scent for a while and taken some pressure off, but he had no time to waste locating a tech-surgeon who had the requisite skills and was willing to perform the operation. Instead, he decided to travel overnight on foot avoiding heavily populated areas where he might be recognised. New Met City was only 300 kilometres from New Vegas; it shouldn’t take him too l
