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(Genuine smile back.)
...U-uhhm... Most people, they hate me, a-and I had thought you would probably hate me even more than the baseline, since—since we were diametrically-opposed beings w-when it comes to morality...
(Muffles a cough with his sleeve.)
...B-but, uhhhm... Y-you don't, so...
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-Gracia has rejoined her latest Best Friend In All Existence For Ever and Ever For The Time Being Until Someone Better Shows Up-
-That means you, Nineke-
Hello.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Nimbus runs his hands through his hair, restoring them to blond-
-Uncanny family resemblence-
-Hahahah it's funny because he synthesised your DNA for his outer shell-
Okay. Okay, okay. I just— I just tell Tifa that everything's fine, and I play with the kids, and I— yeah this will work.
What if Tifa hates me? O-or worse, what if she wants t— you know, that organic thing. I don't know if I'm built for that. It's a question I'm happy to dance around.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Just— just try to act like a robot. Or a robot that's pretending to be an organic. For the Autobots, I mean.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Yeah, like that!
But when you're with M.E.C.H., you've got to act like a human. Your name's gonna be Russel Warn and you're dishonourable discharge of the U.S. Rangers after making a shitshow in the Gulf War. And now you're a terrorist working with a techno-militia that wants to hijack Cybertronian tech and use it to topple the government.
Which is like using a nuke to swat a fly, but hey. They're not the smartest folks where it counts.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?I breathe. So do the Autobots. But we don't need oxygen. We just need to cool our systems down.
They never explained what the Gulf War was, but I pieced it together. It was when the U.S. launched a huge attack on this madman dictator named Tiger Woods to steal his oil.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Well, I mean they can certainly try to lynch me.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?I'll take good care of things. I'm a master of disguise, you know?
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?That's cheating. Question is whether you can act the part.
Right, so... you know who I am. I'm from Nibelheim, and I'm a dishonourable discharge after I stabbed my CO and threw him off a catwalk into a reactor. Tifa owns the building I live in and it's rent free, so don't make her mad. Denzel lives with us because his parents were crushed when Sector 7 collapsed four years ago. Reno is a murderous asshole but we still let him use the bar because he spends way too much on booze and we get to keep his money.
...About the Nibelheim thing — if she says words and they're not Standard Continental, just nod or something.
Actually, maybe don't nod, because we usually switch to say stuff we can't say in front of the kids, and she might be asking you do, uh... to do the organic thing.
-Scratches his neck-

...Horrible... Just—just horrible...
(Sighs, wheezing.)
...The hour is late... You should—you should go to the house, w-where it is safe, a-and so the animals do not get you... I, uhhhm... I think I will... wait until tomorrow to find civilization...
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019