The expression was familiar enough but there was something not-human about it, the same strange too-perfectness of Clu's subvocal mimicry. Rinzler's movements were similar in a way, human motions but inhumanly perfect, human-made but poles apart from their creators.
It'd probably have provoked an uncanny-valley reaction in an actual human, but the difference was just fascinating to someone on the outside of it. Nihlus' most powerful tool of his trade was being able to read people and the little peculiarities like these stood out, a strange little game of 'spot the differences'.
"I'll give you a little walk-through how about?" the Spectre offers, pausing a bit before moving closer again. "Might be a nice way to warm up to each other's moves. What do you think?"
In reach now, Nihlus stops and extends his own arm, but he doesn't touch just yet, waiting for Clu's response. Just to be doubly sure the guy'd be okay with how things were about to play out.
His palm hovers an appropriate finger's-width away from the inside of the admin's wrist and safely away from any glowing circuitry.
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It'd probably have provoked an uncanny-valley reaction in an actual human, but the difference was just fascinating to someone on the outside of it. Nihlus' most powerful tool of his trade was being able to read people and the little peculiarities like these stood out, a strange little game of 'spot the differences'.
"I'll give you a little walk-through how about?" the Spectre offers, pausing a bit before moving closer again. "Might be a nice way to warm up to each other's moves. What do you think?"
In reach now, Nihlus stops and extends his own arm, but he doesn't touch just yet, waiting for Clu's response. Just to be doubly sure the guy'd be okay with how things were about to play out.
His palm hovers an appropriate finger's-width away from the inside of the admin's wrist and safely away from any glowing circuitry.