[He definitely wants to argue with her, reiterate that she was most certainly petting him, but figuring out how to walk is probably a higher priority at the moment. 76 can always come back to this.
The really sad thing is that he knows exactly where she's coming from when she tells him things like this. If he wasn't vaguely addled, he might find the familiarity comforting, not that he ever expected to be the recipient of this kind of advice.
He tries not to think about it, straightening and hauling himself up onto the balls of his feet. 76 realizes that his arms are thicker, longer, the pitch of his hips sort of indicating that he'll probably be able to get around on all fours just as well, if not better than on two feet. The thought makes him a little uncomfortable, so he decides not to give up on a bipedal stance just yet.
The solution seems to be to hunch slightly, accommodating the new angle of his pelvis and offsetting the weight of his upper body. When he feels stable, he tries to shrug off her hand.]
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The really sad thing is that he knows exactly where she's coming from when she tells him things like this. If he wasn't vaguely addled, he might find the familiarity comforting, not that he ever expected to be the recipient of this kind of advice.
He tries not to think about it, straightening and hauling himself up onto the balls of his feet. 76 realizes that his arms are thicker, longer, the pitch of his hips sort of indicating that he'll probably be able to get around on all fours just as well, if not better than on two feet. The thought makes him a little uncomfortable, so he decides not to give up on a bipedal stance just yet.
The solution seems to be to hunch slightly, accommodating the new angle of his pelvis and offsetting the weight of his upper body. When he feels stable, he tries to shrug off her hand.]
You can let go.