[It doesn't even occur to Theta to contradict Cortana, because she's right. But he never meant for his observation to lead to hurt feelings, either, and he jumps in quickly, voice nervy but earnest.]
Don't feel bad! Most builds have a lot of problems, but they have a lot of good stuff too. Sometimes the problems are stuff you can't fix all the way and that's okay, you just do your best and focus on the stuff you're strong at.
[If he were in any way constrained in his ability to make sound, there's a sense he'd be taking a deep breath right about there. In actuality it's just the space where he realizes that he's just babbled a rough mishmash of what he's heard his brother and his brother's human partner express a handful of times when this feeling comes up. To Cortana's partner.
Quietly, he tries to salvage the outburst with something more appropriately rational.]
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[It doesn't even occur to Theta to contradict Cortana, because she's right. But he never meant for his observation to lead to hurt feelings, either, and he jumps in quickly, voice nervy but earnest.]
Don't feel bad! Most builds have a lot of problems, but they have a lot of good stuff too. Sometimes the problems are stuff you can't fix all the way and that's okay, you just do your best and focus on the stuff you're strong at.
[If he were in any way constrained in his ability to make sound, there's a sense he'd be taking a deep breath right about there. In actuality it's just the space where he realizes that he's just babbled a rough mishmash of what he's heard his brother and his brother's human partner express a handful of times when this feeling comes up. To Cortana's partner.
Quietly, he tries to salvage the outburst with something more appropriately rational.]
Um. It helps more than just feeling bad, anyway.