DAY 006

[inflori]

( Hey. )

[ Petre is unusually quiet when he reaches out to the station as a whole. All the fellow hosts, awake or currently resting, get a pressing nudge that won't relent until he has their attention. ]

( Is anybody's powers changing, sorta? Like. In a way that you don't even know they are. )

[ There's reluctance to show any true uncertainty in his voice. Misato told him that wanting everyone to think you were a threat was only a sign of your weakness... or something like that. All he knows is that this feels like showing vulnerability. He doesn't like it, but he's more curious than proud right now. ]

( ... I keep changing whenever I look in the mirror. )

Comments

[batmotif]

(I've never tried using it. I prefer to rely on the set of skills I brought with me, rather than something forced into my head.)

[Which reveals two things: 1) This is a very overly cautious and distrusting man and 2) he still doesn't know yet. He wants very little to do with the thing; the fact that he's gotten used to utilizing it for "speaking" like this is nothing short of a miracle.]

[inflori]

( So here I am, talking about how hard it's getting to control mine, and you're just waiting for yours to surprise-bite you in the ass? )

[batmotif]

(If you think I'm not bracing myself for something terrible, or at the very least, inconvenient, you're wrong.

It's not like I can do anything about it until something actually decides to trigger it. A problem to deal with when it arrives.)

[inflori]

( What're you gonna do about it, then? )

[batmotif]

(That depends on what it ends up being, doesn't it? Either way, it all loops back around to the issue of control. Seems to be a trend among the Nest that it's something we all need to work on.)

[inflori]

( Yeah. I guess.

Still think it's gonna bite you in the ass, though. )