[ He's pretty good at spotting a lie when he hears one, and this...doesn't feel like one, admittedly. But people caring is the kind of thing he doesn't quite know what to do with, so when she offers up the more mercenary explanation, there's a flicker of relief. That fits right into his worldview, or rather into the worldview he's reflexively clung to even as people and caring have started shooting it full of holes.
Nothing's ever scared Joshua as much as trying to admit to himself that he's not just a broken tool. Tools don't have to feel things.
So - she (they?) wants something, and he's here to provide it. There. He can work with that. ]
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Nothing's ever scared Joshua as much as trying to admit to himself that he's not just a broken tool. Tools don't have to feel things.
So - she (they?) wants something, and he's here to provide it. There. He can work with that. ]
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[ Comfortable territory. ]