And he didn't really want to live. It's a leap, but she's going as much from the voices as from the words, from the feel. It's how she's always done this; sometimes, she wonders if this framework obscures as much as it reveals. ]
Do you know if they survived? The sister and the brother.
[ The lack of mention of the others makes her hesitant to ask about them. She's reasonably certain of what the answer is. ]
Back to business. She's got some idea of what's going on, and the severity of his programming; it's definitely nothing she wants anyone to tangle with. Instead-]
Let's get back to the... the programming. The compulsions you have.
What are your limitations? What directives do you have to follow?
[ And she'll be pushing for specifics, for tangible lines. ]
What do they mean I won't heal? // Limitations aren't exactly their style, are they. // Not used to this any more. // Obedience is a priority. // Not used to being this weak. // Protecting the experiment is a priority. // Intangible, what does that mean, intangible, what's that going to do if I can't execute on an imperative? // I can defer, I can't refuse.
[What she gets this time doesn't sound like him. Or rather, his voice is there, but it's buried, buried under layers of strangers and voices that sound only passably human, like he's heard some version of this repeated so often that the words are carved into every part of him that can carry them.]
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makethestory) wrote2024-02-23 11:51 pm
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But they didn't have much of a choice.
And he didn't really want to live. It's a leap, but she's going as much from the voices as from the words, from the feel. It's how she's always done this; sometimes, she wonders if this framework obscures as much as it reveals. ]
Do you know if they survived? The sister and the brother.
[ The lack of mention of the others makes her hesitant to ask about them. She's reasonably certain of what the answer is. ]
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Told him he did the right thing. // Yes. // Told him not to feel bad. // Smart, tough. They'll be okay.
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Back to business. She's got some idea of what's going on, and the severity of his programming; it's definitely nothing she wants anyone to tangle with. Instead-]
Let's get back to the... the programming. The compulsions you have.
What are your limitations? What directives do you have to follow?
[ And she'll be pushing for specifics, for tangible lines. ]
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What does 'protecting the experiment' mean?
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...and what happens if they find out... but you can't do anything about that?
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She ends the session with a shake of her head and a definite need to figure out what she's going to do with this information. ]