If she startled him, she doesn't get to know it. He just keeps walking without so much as a flinch. If she's kept up thus far, he isn't slowing down now for her benefit.
Are you a machine? Funny that even here, that's still a question people have. Perhaps one he still has, regardless of what he's decided for himself. But it's not a topic to broach with strangers.
"Neither. Armor meant for decoration alone is pointless."
The rasp of his voice carries through the filter in a strange echo. But she's unlikely to hear the unfiltered version any time soon. Locus was a reclusive sort on the best of days.
Her use of Spanish -- and his subsequent understanding of it -- go without mention entirely.
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Are you a machine? Funny that even here, that's still a question people have. Perhaps one he still has, regardless of what he's decided for himself. But it's not a topic to broach with strangers.
"Neither. Armor meant for decoration alone is pointless."
The rasp of his voice carries through the filter in a strange echo. But she's unlikely to hear the unfiltered version any time soon. Locus was a reclusive sort on the best of days.
Her use of Spanish -- and his subsequent understanding of it -- go without mention entirely.