[ Because it seems like that is an important question to ask. He does stop so that he could make a shuffling step backward. ] We're friends! Friends can talk about what makes us mad, right?
[ She sighs, turning and stopping along with him, softening at the mention of the word 'friend'. She never quite put the simulation soldiers into that camp in her mind, yet...that's really what they were, weren't they? That's why she was so protective of them, why she wanted them kept as safe as possible. That's why she had been unwilling to let Omega kill them, at the last there.
So she looks at him, and tilts her head a little, eyes cast downward for a second. ]
I know what Epsilon was. So I know he remembers being Church.
[ She looks back at Caboose. ]
It's not right for him to try to be Church though.
All of the AI were really hurt, weren't they? Like really, really hurt. [ That's why they fragmented. He looks at Freckles and pets the muzzle of the assault rifle. ] I don't... I don't understand. It's... 'cause the person who made Church was Church, too. So, that's, that's the part of the story that I don't know. Not really.
[ But he straightens and says: ] But that's the part of the story that's for Church and you, right? Not Epsilon or anyone else? So, that's for you two, and so it's okay if we don't know that part of the story. Right?
[ It didn't really work that way, not with Epsilon in the mix, but Tex thinks this is the best Caboose is going to understand. So she nods, and turns, looking upward for a moment, before continuing on. ]
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[ Because it seems like that is an important question to ask. He does stop so that he could make a shuffling step backward. ] We're friends! Friends can talk about what makes us mad, right?
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So she looks at him, and tilts her head a little, eyes cast downward for a second. ]
I know what Epsilon was. So I know he remembers being Church.
[ She looks back at Caboose. ]
It's not right for him to try to be Church though.
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[ Maybe. ]
All of the AI were really hurt, weren't they? Like really, really hurt. [ That's why they fragmented. He looks at Freckles and pets the muzzle of the assault rifle. ] I don't... I don't understand. It's... 'cause the person who made Church was Church, too. So, that's, that's the part of the story that I don't know. Not really.
[ But he straightens and says: ] But that's the part of the story that's for Church and you, right? Not Epsilon or anyone else? So, that's for you two, and so it's okay if we don't know that part of the story. Right?
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