[Rinzler sees that flinch. Rinzler goes very, very still. His frame doesn't move, grip carefully remaining loose. His own flinch, his own nausea and mismatch... stay internal. He's had more than enough practice.
But there's an almost-inaudible catch beneath the grating, error-laden noise: a voiceless, strangled snarl of pure rage.
no subject
But there's an almost-inaudible catch beneath the grating, error-laden noise: a voiceless, strangled snarl of pure rage.
(How dare he.)]
Administrator. Programmer.
Failure: not acceptable.