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[formidable]

Androids, psychics, magic, investigations, and finding out how to human. ➢ Cool Mood Music No. 1 ➤ Cool Mood Music No. 2

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[emotive]

Go ahead!

[She leans back into her pillows again looking much better compared to when he first arrived. Well, with just a small cough or two.]

[determinare]

[It's good that she at least seems to be feeling better.]

What are your current impressions of me?

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[emotive]

[That question really gets her to pause and even look surprised. Not that the question came out of nowhere, but for a few seconds, Ai's not sure what to say.]

[emotive]

... When I look at you, I think...

[And so she begins poking her fingers together which is a habit of shyness of hers.]

... You're friendly. You're curious and willing to learn. Some of your habits are... Off-putting. But that might be something you can't help since you're an android that's made to analyze and examine what's around you closely. You're helpful and meticulous when you're given a task and you're attentive to how people are feeling. And um... You're gentle...

Oh gosh, I'm rambling. I'm so sorry!

[She's listing quite a bit which shows she's put a lot of thought into what Connor is to her. Wow.]

[determinare]

[That’s… admittedly more than he expected to hear, and it does indeed show that she’s put some thought into her friendship. And listening, he thinks that he’s glad she has — that maybe it isn’t only one-sided, in how much he appreciates the other’s company.]

Don’t apologize. I asked, and you answered.

[Those parts of him, some of which might be called “personality”; he wonders just how far he’s deviated from his original programming, and which parts of those she appreciates the most. And how much of his core hasn’t changed, from when he was nothing more than a machine, an RK800 designed to accomplish a singular task and little more than that.]

Do you really think I’m gentle? You’re the first to describe me in that way.

[emotive]

[Her cheeks feel warm when he asks her his other question so she rubs them with her palms.]

I mean, that's what it feels like when you're with me? Is it different when you deal with other people? I mean um, it just seems to go hand in hand with everything else I just said.

[determinare]

I was created to be straightforward and logical. To be analytical and being able to think critically; empathy and being gentle were not part of that original programming.

[But he feels the need to return her kindness. She’s shown so much of it to him.]

It’s just good to know that I’m… not exactly the same as I once was. That there’s room for growth, impossible to dispute if someone else is seeing it in me.

[He laughs lightly.]

Sorry, am I embarrassing you? I didn’t mean for this to be an interrogation.

[emotive]

[Ai understands what he's saying, in a way; that he wasn't quite the same as he was the first day their lives clashed with each other. And neither was she. She had wanted to break free and be independent so that her heart could be free to stir and bleed for what it wanted. But even after that happened, she still found herself stuck; you couldn't change if there was no agent for it. Neither of them is the same in so many ways and it makes her heart feel light from knowing they keep changing when they're with each other.

With her cheeks covered, she manages to give a sheepish smile to Connor.]

If it's an interrogation, you're being awfully nice about it.

[determinare]

I can be less than nice in the interrogation room. Sometimes you have to be.

[That was true, at least. But Connor says it all in good humor.]

But since it’s you, I can make an exception.

[He just gives her a little wink, smiling right back.]

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[emotive]

[What.

What was that.

The wink was so fast and so sudden Ai has no time to even have a defense for his comeback. She feels her whole body flush with red...]

[emotive]

[So here Connor, she's gonna pull the blankets over herself so she's completely covered up and you can't see her face ://]

[determinare]

[Oh. Oh no. Did something happen?

Connor leans forward, questioning.]

Ai?

[emotive]

Connor, give me a second!





[Underneath, there's a rustling noise.]

I think I need a few more!

[determinare]

...a few more what? Seconds?

[What’s happening]

[emotive]

[5... 4... 3... 2...]

... ONE!

[She pushes the blanket off of her head and punches the air with two fists as if trying to pump herself up.]

I'm okay! I'm feeling great! Better!

[determinare]

[CONNOR'S STILL NOT SURE WHAT JUST HAPPENED maybe she had a dizzy spell or something?]

Are you sure? Did you need me to bring you anything? More water?

[emotive]

Yes! More water, please.

[Anything to get her mind off the possibility that maybe, just maybe there was something more to all of this than the both of them had initially planned for.]

[determinare]

I'll be right back, then.

[And so, perhaps a bit oblivious to anything that might've just happened between them, Connor gets up to grab her current empty glass, then goes to refill it. He'll be back in a short moment.]