Again, Miller had a point. There was so much for him back on the ship he'd never be able to do here. Hadn't this been his big second chance? Or, well, third chance, anyway. He was going to get a puppy, and he was sort of making friends, and when he got back home if he didn't die of that whole aging issue he could maybe start right back where he left off.
But with a puppy.
"I don't... I don't want to. Don't want to bloody do this. But I can't..." Another frustrated noise, another halfhearted attempt to shake himself away. "You understand, don't you? It won't..."
He couldn't stand times like these, times when he felt vulnerable, at another's mercy. He was supposed to be strong, dammit. He was the flaw, the garbage copy, always trying to find his own place in the world, and he couldn't afford to be weak. And here he was, doing things not of his own free will but of that of that AI.
He let out a sort of strangled noise like he was trying to say two different things at once.
As much as he appreciated Miller's help, he wished no one else could be here to see him like this.
"Get me out of here." It seemed to take all his strength to say that so firmly, and the second he did, his expression blanked again. "Let go. We have to keep going."
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But with a puppy.
"I don't... I don't want to. Don't want to bloody do this. But I can't..." Another frustrated noise, another halfhearted attempt to shake himself away. "You understand, don't you? It won't..."
He couldn't stand times like these, times when he felt vulnerable, at another's mercy. He was supposed to be strong, dammit. He was the flaw, the garbage copy, always trying to find his own place in the world, and he couldn't afford to be weak. And here he was, doing things not of his own free will but of that of that AI.
He let out a sort of strangled noise like he was trying to say two different things at once.
As much as he appreciated Miller's help, he wished no one else could be here to see him like this.
"Get me out of here." It seemed to take all his strength to say that so firmly, and the second he did, his expression blanked again. "Let go. We have to keep going."