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[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

[ever since the Realignment Room, this Otacon's been hiding away in his room. He has a project he's working on, but it's obvious that's more an excuse than a reason. Idly tapping on a keyboard with one hand, the other is holding up his head while a small piece of hardware is hooked into his computer. Every once and a while, a sample voice clip comes from the little box by his elbow. But it makes him frown, trying to tweak the clip to sound more realistic. Unconsciously, he adds a bit of coding that shifts the tone and cadence to something more feminine. He shifts his hand so his fingers fall across his lips, not even noticing their state as he nibbles a little further on his index finger, reopening the wounds he had made and absently lapping at them]

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[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

They're both inhuman noises. I can imagine on a larger scale, the sounds Nyu makes can be terrifying.

... um...

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Mooing. I'm petrified.

Just forget it. Minor details.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

Well, at the same decibel and pitch as REX...

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

It would still be a bloody cow.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't knock it until you hear it.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

Tch. If I'm going to worry about anything on a robot, it's how much ammunition it has rather than the ridiculous sounds it's making.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

Psychological warfare, like REX's roaring.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

Psychological warfare doesn't work on me.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

... you're still human, James.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

What do you mean by that?

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

You're still- human. The basic human needs: shelter, food, warmth, love... you still need them. And your brain still- reacts like a human brain.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

Not exactly.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

That's the point I'm getting at! You keep acting like you're more inhuman than I am and you keep pushing all this away...

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

I'm not an ordinary human.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

But you're still human. Maybe more than me.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

Don't start that. You of all people are more human than I am.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

I have to hurt people, drink their blood just to survive. But I still have a human brain, and you do too.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

...tch.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

The day when it remembers it's human... I don't want that day to ever come.

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

. . .

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

... [pushes up his glasses, waiting for Liquid to say something]

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

...tch. Whatever.

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

[deflates a little, nodding]

[dominantviper.livejournal.com]

...What?

[ltrstono-one.livejournal.com]

Nothing, James. I should be done with this soon... maybe we can eat something together soon.