‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍

⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ they⠀had⠀⠀*⠀l͟o͟s͟t͟⠀⠀their⠀sense⠀of ⠀̷P̷U͟R͟P͟O͟S͟E͟⠀⠀✦⠀——⠀⠀well,⠀i⠀gave⠀them⠀their ⠀⠀⠀⠀purpose⠀⠀&͟⠀⠀they⠀gave⠀me⠀mine. ⠀⠀⠀

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀
⠀⠀⠀ they had * l͟o͟s͟t͟ their sense of
̷P̷U͟R͟P͟O͟S͟E͟ ✦ —— well, i gave them
⠀ their purpose &͟ they gave me mine.
⠀
⠀

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ already suspecting ulterior motives ?
how about shaking hands first ?
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ perhaps. 𝒏𝒐𝒘—
what is it that you want,
out of all this —?

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ should know best, shouldn't you ?
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ a type —? debatable.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ well, clearly you have a type.
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ mm. i hardly need a 'warm up'
these days, around these people.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ whatever gets you warmed up.
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ quite. i have a constable to
get away from my shop.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ fine, ten it is. should be long enough to deal with whatever is keeping you from having the time of your life.
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ make it ten, i might be just
a touch more . . . receptive.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ no, no, you want to, i can tell.

but i won't push, of course. so how about i come around again in five minutes ?
⠀

[ᅠG͜͡𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑲. @puerilisdolor]

⠀ it nearly sounds appealing.
very, very nearly.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ yeah, me too.
⠀

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ how are you we feeling about going completely insane today ?
⠀

[˗ˏˋ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐊. @forlornlogic]

⠀
ᅠᅠᅠ

ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ
ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ⠀
ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀«⠀ controls, checking originally
incompatible, but ( for now ) stabilized systems —— * n͟o͟t͟ wanting to get stuck, to get caught ... and worse.

tone dripping with disdain.

⠀ 〝 did you touch anything ? 〞
⠀

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ 〝 oh, do i need a reason ? 〞

only huffing.

elbowing his way through, as he had always done, always desperate for more space than actually needed, every single millimeter worth a fight.

fingers hurrying to the⠀»⠀
⠀

[˗ˏˋ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑. @finaIistempus]

⠀

⠀⠀ head raising to peer over at the other , brows drawing into a faint frown . `` what was that for ？``

pushing themself back onto their feet , dusting their coat off despite the lack of dirt or anything . now turned towards the other with -

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ looking down, but not reaching out, not offering a hand —— his arms folded demonstratively, pale golden lip stretching into a tight, thin smile.

⠀ 〝 not as observant as you thought. 〞
⠀

[˗ˏˋ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑. @finaIistempus]

⠀

⠀⠀ can he particularly blame them for being curious ？not that the technology isn't completely new to them , but they still like examining all the different technology of the times . and not like they're running from something from once .

mostly -

[𝑺𝑨𝑨𝑽𝑰𝑲 . @tumentituses]

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

⠀ 🖖🏻🌿 . ⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ i'm not trying to hide it.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

⠀ i'm beginning to see that ...

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ careful now, i'm starting to enjoy this.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

⠀ i'm hardly shocked —

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ you're tempting me again.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

⠀ one could. one could.

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ one could believe you're projecting.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

an ego can be a flaw,
but not always. . .

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ most consider ego a flaw.

those are boring, too.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

everyone does, yes. 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓—
look at you.ᐟ a technical marvel
and, thankfully, individual
rather than a hive mind.

those get boring ...

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ in a self-sustaining sense ? more than any other organic life form you've encountered, i'm sure. but don't we all depend on * s͟o͟m͟e͟t͟h͟i͟n͟g͟ ?
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

absolutely wonderful,
fantastic work . . . and i —

assume you're entirely
independent as well?

[‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Cᴬᴺ'ᵀ ̷F̷̷IX͟ ME .ᐟ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ @imperfide]

⠀
⠀⠀ very good, * d͟o͟c͟t͟o͟r͟. yes. before you stands the first successful example of a fully functional positronic brain.
⠀

[𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓. @vertexpapilio]

⠀ lore. lovely to meet you, lore.
— are you any chance ...
' synthetic? '