behemoth, meet the opposition

[mrglam]

Sadde doesn't seem quite able to focus on homework at the moment. He's fidgeting, and sometimes stares off into space for long periods of time before James has to snap him out of it.

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[mrglam]

"Wow. Yeah, I kinda prefer it when you're fit and powerful."

[thinkering]

"In order to even build the implants I had to make clumsy jitter compensators for external wear first!"

[mrglam]

"And how'd you build those?"

[thinkering]

"They didn't need to be as small as the implants and I didn't use anything delicate so it didn't matter as much if I sometimes dropped things. My fine motor control was always okay, it was knocking things onto the floor that was the potential issue."

[mrglam]

He nods.





He makes this face that's somewhat similar to some faces he's made previously today. Specifically, it's the face he made when he was thinking about suggestions.

[thinkering]

"What?"

[mrglam]

"Oh, nothing. I mean, it's just that, you mentioned showing me the scars on your legs the next time I saw you out of armor, which made me think of you out of armor and seeing your legs, which." Pause. "I'll remind you I'm a teenage boy."

[thinkering]

"I mean, I was thinking of the one on the back of my neck and in my elbows and wrists, but if you're that excited to have a look at my knees..."

[mrglam]

"Mm. Knees. Yes. Let's go with that."

[thinkering]

"I do also have hip joint ones, admittedly."

[mrglam]

"Ooh. Hip joints."

[thinkering]

"Yep. I can, if I so choose, jog. It's very exciting."

[mrglam]

"Yes. Quite exciting. The. Jogging."

[thinkering]

"It actually was. First week I went to Arcadia - we used to live in another city, so nobody there noticed I could suddenly, you know, walk like a person - I would show up early and run around on the track. It was novel! I had given up the entire gait of running as a bad job when I was like six or seven!"

[mrglam]

He laughs. "Okay, that does sound exciting!"

[thinkering]

"And I could now theoretically dance, but I haven't picked it up."

[mrglam]

"...oooh! That sounds like a thing I'd enjoy. Is that a thing you'd enjoy? We could learn to dance together."

[thinkering]

"I'm a very busy person. I'm not sure I have room for dance lessons."

[mrglam]

"Yeah, fair enough, I guess. Can't cut into our kissing time."

[thinkering]

"Among other things, but yes."

[mrglam]

"Also you know what sounds like a jolly good idea?"

[thinkering]

"I don't know. What sounds like a jolly good idea?"

[mrglam]

"More kissing!"

[thinkering]

"...Right now? I'm. Not sure you quite appreciate how many robots I have to build to be back up to a full flock."

[mrglam]

"Awwww. Okay. How many robots do you need?"