[Having no desire to fall down again, Rinzler tests his bounds more slowly this time. The leeching tug is locked in tight, and no amount of redirection seems to change it. But the moment he concentrates his power, it sharpens its effect. The disk doesn't activate this time, but if Miller's watching closely, he might notice the faint fluctuations of circuitry on the hand that grips it: brightening, then dimming rapidly to dark.
It's infuriating. Loathsome. Rinzler is a program, is energy and code, and this is a violation in every way. Worse, it's debilitating. Fingers curl tighter, fixed around his disk, and the black mask glances up towards Miller with a quiet skip of sound. Situation is an understatement. He doesn't know what to do.
But then the user tells him, and that sick feeling? Finds a very different focus.
Rinzler freezes. Rinzler stares. The user is still talking, and the implications of the words do parse. They make a difference. (If he had asked for the disk himself, Rinzler might have attacked. Or turned, and ran, and never, ever stopped.) But it's not enough. Not to override the spike of panic in his core, the static scraping louder through his sound. Rinzler freezes. Rinzler takes a step back, helmet jerking to the side.
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It's infuriating. Loathsome. Rinzler is a program, is energy and code, and this is a violation in every way. Worse, it's debilitating. Fingers curl tighter, fixed around his disk, and the black mask glances up towards Miller with a quiet skip of sound. Situation is an understatement. He doesn't know what to do.
But then the user tells him, and that sick feeling? Finds a very different focus.
Rinzler freezes. Rinzler stares. The user is still talking, and the implications of the words do parse. They make a difference. (If he had asked for the disk himself, Rinzler might have attacked. Or turned, and ran, and never, ever stopped.) But it's not enough. Not to override the spike of panic in his core, the static scraping louder through his sound. Rinzler freezes. Rinzler takes a step back, helmet jerking to the side.
No, no, no no.]