[ … that is. a weird thing to note about somebody.
that’s what daylight thinks at first, but then he remembers the machine war. how this is the fourteenth for them in their world. ]
Yeah. I-I can get that. [ he rubs the back of his neck, realising the telltale signs of him about to babble someone's ear off but- but, for some reason, he feels like this needs to be said.
why? he isn't sure. maybe future daylight, when his processors aren't scrambled, will realise it. ] It's not easy. Fighting things. Fighting others.
It's... hard. Looking them in the eye. Looking at them and seeing their entire being and having to think, 'Either them or me' and it's, ah, overwhelming to think like that. You gotta- You gotta be made of stern stuff. Like iron will and steely determination and, um, other things to do be able to do that. Again and again and again.
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that’s what daylight thinks at first, but then he remembers the machine war. how this is the fourteenth for them in their world. ]
Yeah. I-I can get that. [ he rubs the back of his neck, realising the telltale signs of him about to babble someone's ear off but- but, for some reason, he feels like this needs to be said.
why? he isn't sure. maybe future daylight, when his processors aren't scrambled, will realise it. ] It's not easy. Fighting things. Fighting others.
It's... hard. Looking them in the eye. Looking at them and seeing their entire being and having to think, 'Either them or me' and it's, ah, overwhelming to think like that. You gotta- You gotta be made of stern stuff. Like iron will and steely determination and, um, other things to do be able to do that. Again and again and again.
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Do you fight?