Likewise, but is there ever a good way to meet people when we've all been kidnapped? At least this might be entertaining.
[His smile is genuine, and for now the LED is a placid blue as they exchange pleasantries. She's definitely right about nothing being as it seems here, and Connor should have remembered that before being so dismissive of the mirrors.
He's mostly wanting to go through the maze to see if it's possible to confuse his programming with illusions and trickery. He wouldn't have thought so; he was overly confident in fact that it was impossible. But this place seems to know all their weaknesses and just which buttons to push. To be so thoroughly shaken and lost so soon after entering unsettles him more than he cares to admit.
He nods at her, looking stricken and a lot younger now that his cocky façade has fallen away, his LED still swirling red.]
Are you sure you don't mind?
[His voice is small but almost hopeful that she meant what she said, and she'll take the lead now. Seeing the reflection of who he could have been staring back at him from all sides is damning, and it makes him feel anxious and insecure. It's not who he is anymore- right?]
This was a bad idea. I don't know why I thought differently. I didn't think I'd have any problems finding my way through it, but I was wrong. I'm sorry, I thought it would be easier than this.
[He wants to close his eyes and use his proximity sensors to navigate what's left of the labyrinth of mirrors, but somehow he doesn't think that will work. He doesn't think it will be allowed to work.]
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[His smile is genuine, and for now the LED is a placid blue as they exchange pleasantries. She's definitely right about nothing being as it seems here, and Connor should have remembered that before being so dismissive of the mirrors.
He's mostly wanting to go through the maze to see if it's possible to confuse his programming with illusions and trickery. He wouldn't have thought so; he was overly confident in fact that it was impossible. But this place seems to know all their weaknesses and just which buttons to push. To be so thoroughly shaken and lost so soon after entering unsettles him more than he cares to admit.
He nods at her, looking stricken and a lot younger now that his cocky façade has fallen away, his LED still swirling red.]
Are you sure you don't mind?
[His voice is small but almost hopeful that she meant what she said, and she'll take the lead now. Seeing the reflection of who he could have been staring back at him from all sides is damning, and it makes him feel anxious and insecure. It's not who he is anymore- right?]
This was a bad idea. I don't know why I thought differently. I didn't think I'd have any problems finding my way through it, but I was wrong. I'm sorry, I thought it would be easier than this.
[He wants to close his eyes and use his proximity sensors to navigate what's left of the labyrinth of mirrors, but somehow he doesn't think that will work. He doesn't think it will be allowed to work.]