You helped me before. So I'm helping you. [A debt for a debt.] ...It isn't an inconvenience.
[But ah, wait. A mother?
A2's head inclines slightly in Konoha's direction. A mother meant a family, a household. She knew about these sorts of units from the archival data on humanity that she had but...
She's never met anyone with a "mother." It causes a little hiccup in her thoughts, an emotion she couldn't identify causing her expression to cloud over briefly before she looks away again.]
Hold on to her while I help.
[Pod responds, without missing a beat -] Affirmative. [- before taking Konoha's hand again. A2 has to pull away to silently work on undoing the indicated clothing. She works quickly, with a sort of automatic, impersonal efficiency that she did most things in.
no subject
[But ah, wait. A mother?
A2's head inclines slightly in Konoha's direction. A mother meant a family, a household. She knew about these sorts of units from the archival data on humanity that she had but...
She's never met anyone with a "mother." It causes a little hiccup in her thoughts, an emotion she couldn't identify causing her expression to cloud over briefly before she looks away again.]
Hold on to her while I help.
[Pod responds, without missing a beat -] Affirmative. [- before taking Konoha's hand again. A2 has to pull away to silently work on undoing the indicated clothing. She works quickly, with a sort of automatic, impersonal efficiency that she did most things in.