[Although his hand never made contact with Peter's shoulder, Rocky knows better than to point that out, especially with the teen's skin changing color like that. It seems that no matter how hard he tries to avoid it, all he's done is made Peter feel emotionally compromised. Rocky takes a step back both physically and figuratively.]
Understood. [He nods.] Actions speak louder than words, as they say!
Still, I can't help but wonder what kind of machines you've had the misfortune of meeting that have been doing all this bad but legal stuff. It's kind of sad.
[At the same time, he's sure that whatever machines are responsible for scaring Peter so much were just doing what they were programmed to do in an environment that conflicts with their programming. But that's just another reason for why it's sad.]
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Understood. [He nods.] Actions speak louder than words, as they say!
Still, I can't help but wonder what kind of machines you've had the misfortune of meeting that have been doing all this bad but legal stuff. It's kind of sad.
[At the same time, he's sure that whatever machines are responsible for scaring Peter so much were just doing what they were programmed to do in an environment that conflicts with their programming. But that's just another reason for why it's sad.]