[No input. No question. There's a flicker in his processing, bitter and amused, when she walks away from him so readily after expressing outrage that he'd leave. But that's not new either, and Rinzler can't really bring himself to mind.
It's how it's always worked before.
He bows his head to the instruction. He stays in place, dim lights in the darkness, as the user's steps recede away. The outburst had caught him off-guard, and the limits of her functions still remain unclear. But he thinks he understands her well enough. Why she'd hidden. Why she'd lied. Why she screamed out her frustration for a betrayal he'd never committed, and what she was really after the whole time.
He can't give it to her. Rinzler has never been allowed the use of words, and he won't waste what scraps he's stolen lying for her validation. But that's fine too, because she doesn't need him for it, not at all. She'll talk herself into her own superiority. Glut her ego on how much higher her way is.
...
He's not scared of her, not in the least. The enforcer's helmet turns back toward the fire, and he watches the users gather by their lights until he's called away.]
no subject
It's how it's always worked before.
He bows his head to the instruction. He stays in place, dim lights in the darkness, as the user's steps recede away. The outburst had caught him off-guard, and the limits of her functions still remain unclear. But he thinks he understands her well enough. Why she'd hidden. Why she'd lied. Why she screamed out her frustration for a betrayal he'd never committed, and what she was really after the whole time.
He can't give it to her. Rinzler has never been allowed the use of words, and he won't waste what scraps he's stolen lying for her validation. But that's fine too, because she doesn't need him for it, not at all. She'll talk herself into her own superiority. Glut her ego on how much higher her way is.
...
He's not scared of her, not in the least. The enforcer's helmet turns back toward the fire, and he watches the users gather by their lights until he's called away.]