Not made for war? He is a soldier. He is built for battle. Made to be a
weapon. Sharpened into a blade and stuffed full of bullets and bombs until
he could take out a platoon on his own.
MG is made for war. That much he is certain of.
His mouth twists in discomfort, disbelief. It's hard for him to wrap his
mind around. It's hard for him to think beyond the lines of code and that
is frustrating because he knows he knows he used to be able to--
To what?
The knowledge is out of reach, just out of sight like so many things.
He blinks and looks up to stare at the model ship, watching as the pieces
move. "I... This build is less than a month old. If this frame is older, I
do not have memories of it. Faulty products are reformatted and repaired or
scrapped entirely depending on cost effectiveness. We do not wish to cause
undue stress to our owners over rebuild fees."
He reaches out to put the figure upright again, his mouth pursed in a thin
line. Quickman was young. Megaman was young. He was... Starting to get it.
Maybe. "The target was not a threat," he says slowly, "the target was...
Playing?"
He looks all the way up at Rung, and there is such a dark pool of confusion
in his optics. "Commander, why would orders be issued to eliminate a
non-threat?"
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Date: 2023-12-06 01:36 pm (UTC)Not made for war? He is a soldier. He is built for battle. Made to be a weapon. Sharpened into a blade and stuffed full of bullets and bombs until he could take out a platoon on his own.
MG is made for war. That much he is certain of.
His mouth twists in discomfort, disbelief. It's hard for him to wrap his mind around. It's hard for him to think beyond the lines of code and that is frustrating because he knows he knows he used to be able to--
To what?
The knowledge is out of reach, just out of sight like so many things.
He blinks and looks up to stare at the model ship, watching as the pieces move. "I... This build is less than a month old. If this frame is older, I do not have memories of it. Faulty products are reformatted and repaired or scrapped entirely depending on cost effectiveness. We do not wish to cause undue stress to our owners over rebuild fees."
He reaches out to put the figure upright again, his mouth pursed in a thin line. Quickman was young. Megaman was young. He was... Starting to get it. Maybe. "The target was not a threat," he says slowly, "the target was... Playing?"
He looks all the way up at Rung, and there is such a dark pool of confusion in his optics. "Commander, why would orders be issued to eliminate a non-threat?"