[Get to know people. Right. As soon as Sawtooth says it, that fact seems self-evidently obvious, but with his point of comparison being AI that are more or less implanted . . .
Well. The issue of 'choice' doesn't immediately occur.]
Oh- right. Of course. [He does have the good grace to look somewhat abashed, lifting his hand in a wordless 'my bad.'] I guess I'm not used to having teammates that can actually be weapons. The closest thing we have back in my world is AI, and even then . . . ah. The way they were handled wasn't the best.
[The confession turns more candid than he'd expected, and he's not even sure what does it, except for the itchy awareness that's all over him like a heat rash with the weight of that epiphany. Theta's just there with him because they were assigned that way. Neither of them had a choice in putting their existence in the other's hands, and with the comparison made he can't quite smooth that back down to the level of steady acceptance he eases every other military order down to.]
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Well. The issue of 'choice' doesn't immediately occur.]
Oh- right. Of course. [He does have the good grace to look somewhat abashed, lifting his hand in a wordless 'my bad.'] I guess I'm not used to having teammates that can actually be weapons. The closest thing we have back in my world is AI, and even then . . . ah. The way they were handled wasn't the best.
[The confession turns more candid than he'd expected, and he's not even sure what does it, except for the itchy awareness that's all over him like a heat rash with the weight of that epiphany. Theta's just there with him because they were assigned that way. Neither of them had a choice in putting their existence in the other's hands, and with the comparison made he can't quite smooth that back down to the level of steady acceptance he eases every other military order down to.]