Bare
To open
Both terms in one sentence
- In The Hour of the Dragon, Zorathus tells Valbroso how to open his chest, without mentioning that if you do it with your bare hands, you will be poisoned.
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In the fourth OVA, Motoko once again finds herself straining to open the hatch of a think-tank with her bare hands.
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Aggravatingly, the trope is partially inverted in that you can force many doors with your bare hands... but you only get the option if you've got enough Lockpicking skill to open it anyway via the lockpicking Mini-Game.
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