[Much less what she is, if she's telling the truth. What she stands for— why she's here, now, reaching out to him while the world opted to do so much worse than turn their collective backs. When he blinks, it's slower this time. Longer. Humans claim androids don't feel pain, but he's... aware. Aware of the blood on his hands, the levels of thirium in insulated veins as they deplete, the way his system slows unnecessary processes to try and protect crucial function.
He knows what this is like. He knows how it ends.]
If you think—
[It's the last thought before something buckles— or fails— a steep shift as his weight drops, shoulders hitting the wall behind him. Spacial awareness an abstract concept, and not nearly as palpable as the shudder of a deep-set biocomponent stuttering in its housing beneath manufactured ribs. He sets his hand to his chest, instinctively. Breathes out hot, expression twisted into a tight grimace.]
no subject
[Much less what she is, if she's telling the truth. What she stands for— why she's here, now, reaching out to him while the world opted to do so much worse than turn their collective backs. When he blinks, it's slower this time. Longer. Humans claim androids don't feel pain, but he's... aware. Aware of the blood on his hands, the levels of thirium in insulated veins as they deplete, the way his system slows unnecessary processes to try and protect crucial function.
He knows what this is like. He knows how it ends.]
If you think—
[It's the last thought before something buckles— or fails— a steep shift as his weight drops, shoulders hitting the wall behind him. Spacial awareness an abstract concept, and not nearly as palpable as the shudder of a deep-set biocomponent stuttering in its housing beneath manufactured ribs. He sets his hand to his chest, instinctively. Breathes out hot, expression twisted into a tight grimace.]