His eyes tracked the ceiling as she asked him if he was stuck with the name. Honestly, he couldn't imagine keeping it, but it was one of those things. It was like when kids had pets and wanted to just name it 'Dog' or whatever. It might as well have been "Android 11" as far as he cared. It was an awful name, and one he couldn't quite figure out how to rid himself of it. So when she asked if he was stuck with it, he shrugged just a bit. He tried to come up with something he'd be okay with being called, but everything just came up blank. Like he was trying to pull information from a book that wasn't on the shelf anymore. Like he was reading from a blank sheet of paper. It was frustrating, but he knew the feeling. It meant they didn't want him doing that.
"I mean, if you've got a better idea of what to call me, I'll take it. I... uh... I'm having a hard time coming up with another name for myself, so I guess you're welcome to if you like."
Still, the idea of being named did give him a sense of belonging which he wasn't sure he deserved. After all, he was still a fugitive, and much less than a person, if the nagging insistence in his mind was worth listening to. Still he heard the bedsheets shift as she changed her position some, and looked over at her, meeting her gaze, then breaking it as she went over her reading of the situation. The way she said it, he felt awful. Like he'd forced her into all this. He didn't think he'd have caused quite that much damage just by getting her up here with him, but now all he could do was be honest with her. Give her at least some insight into what she could do to avoid some kind of punishment over his existence and her involvement.
But then she continued, and he realized things were a bit different. She didn't seem... mad, exactly. More just disappointed or sad or something. His finger twitched as he felt himself want to comfort her in some way. To pat her shoulder or something. He resisted the temptation for a moment as she curled up facing him, then asked him what he planned to do. The question struck him, and for a moment, he found himself just staring back at her, wide eyed and baffled.
"Uh... I guess I... Well, I was gonna try and let things die down a bit. Least get the cops off my back. Then, I dunno. Run away? Destroy Coan? I just... I don't want to be a slave."
The word was out there now, wasn't it? The fear he had, that despite the personality reset he would no doubt undergo if he were to return, he would end up a slave, as he'd been intended. Now, he still had his quirks. He didn't think he had the willpower to resist any command she made of him, and he felt a compulsion to serve her, but at least he had chosen her. Not the other way around. That counted for something right?
"Uh... I'm sorry I put you in this position, Dax."
Gingerly, a hand crept forward and tugged her robe back into place a bit, keeping her modest, despite his interest in seeing more of her body. It couldn't possibly be said that he needed to do this, or even that he wanted to, it was simply an action he'd taken. And as he thought about going back to Coan, and about this woman before him, he began to realize what it was that made him so angry about Coan in the first place. But that was a sentiment for another time.
"I guess... I owe you?"
"I mean, if you've got a better idea of what to call me, I'll take it. I... uh... I'm having a hard time coming up with another name for myself, so I guess you're welcome to if you like."
Still, the idea of being named did give him a sense of belonging which he wasn't sure he deserved. After all, he was still a fugitive, and much less than a person, if the nagging insistence in his mind was worth listening to. Still he heard the bedsheets shift as she changed her position some, and looked over at her, meeting her gaze, then breaking it as she went over her reading of the situation. The way she said it, he felt awful. Like he'd forced her into all this. He didn't think he'd have caused quite that much damage just by getting her up here with him, but now all he could do was be honest with her. Give her at least some insight into what she could do to avoid some kind of punishment over his existence and her involvement.
But then she continued, and he realized things were a bit different. She didn't seem... mad, exactly. More just disappointed or sad or something. His finger twitched as he felt himself want to comfort her in some way. To pat her shoulder or something. He resisted the temptation for a moment as she curled up facing him, then asked him what he planned to do. The question struck him, and for a moment, he found himself just staring back at her, wide eyed and baffled.
"Uh... I guess I... Well, I was gonna try and let things die down a bit. Least get the cops off my back. Then, I dunno. Run away? Destroy Coan? I just... I don't want to be a slave."
The word was out there now, wasn't it? The fear he had, that despite the personality reset he would no doubt undergo if he were to return, he would end up a slave, as he'd been intended. Now, he still had his quirks. He didn't think he had the willpower to resist any command she made of him, and he felt a compulsion to serve her, but at least he had chosen her. Not the other way around. That counted for something right?
"Uh... I'm sorry I put you in this position, Dax."
Gingerly, a hand crept forward and tugged her robe back into place a bit, keeping her modest, despite his interest in seeing more of her body. It couldn't possibly be said that he needed to do this, or even that he wanted to, it was simply an action he'd taken. And as he thought about going back to Coan, and about this woman before him, he began to realize what it was that made him so angry about Coan in the first place. But that was a sentiment for another time.
"I guess... I owe you?"
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