[ Carrying around a small girl he met two minutes ago is one of the few things he can do that looks less weird as a diving suit robot than it would have as a human man, so carrying it is. Simon puts one arm around her shoulders and the other under her legs. Off they go!!
Her strange wording — on all of that — hasn’t escaped his notice, but first things first. ]
Can you hold off on the sleeping? We need to stay on our toes down here.
[ there’s a sort of wry empathy in his tone, though, because boy does he ever understand the sentiment ]
no subject
Simon appreciates blunt. ]
Uh- yeah, sure, if you don’t point that at me.
[ Carrying around a small girl he met two minutes ago is one of the few things he can do that looks less weird as a diving suit robot than it would have as a human man, so carrying it is. Simon puts one arm around her shoulders and the other under her legs. Off they go!!
Her strange wording — on all of that — hasn’t escaped his notice, but first things first. ]
Can you hold off on the sleeping? We need to stay on our toes down here.
[ there’s a sort of wry empathy in his tone, though, because boy does he ever understand the sentiment ]