Hearing the story of the three-legged horsey toy made Owen want to deliver it to the child even more. Still good mama. Just like him. Broken things could still be good things. He was very curious to meet this precocious child.
The gasp that stopped the story wasn’t any indication of anything positive or negative for Owen. It was just surprise. Most people were surprised to see a vestigate of technology essentially lost to them. She, luckily, seemed more curious than desirous to harvest the arm for re-sale. So far his judge of character was proving accurate.
“Sur-” He tried to authorize the contact but she was already touching him. He continued to stare over at her as she inspected his arm. He didn’t bother confirming what she already knew about it. Apparently she was more a knowledgeable mechanic than he had estimated her at first.
It was odd how she complimented the arm he cursed. Sure it was awesome when he had regular maintenance and it was functioning optimally. But now…
“Thank you.” He replied flatly as she began arranging herself against him. “I paid for it dearly.” He curled his arm around her and let his hand cup her shoulder. She seemed comfortable enough with it.
“It’s supposed to. Well, it does. It did. Sort of.” Owen moved his hand down her arm in a motion like a caress. “I can feel myself touching you. Pressure, a vague sense of warmth? But I can’t feel - ummm - textures?” His natural hand brushed over the same spot on her arm to feel the smoothness of her skin. “It’s always been a bit screwy. The nerve fusion went pretty well considering the... ah, well, damages to the site and nerves. It wasn’t a clean cut -” He quickly abandoned that topic and moved to a different point. “The motor functioning still works great.”
Owen’s hands returned to their previous spots. The titanium one engulfed her shoulder and top of her arm. The natural one laid flat on his belly. He chuckled at the question about maintenance.
“Very carefully.” He sighed. “We were able to get a hold of the engineering specs for a similar model. I’m not an engineer but I muddle through. One-handedly. And a little compressed air goes along way....” He trailed off knowing that what little he was able to do for himself wouldn’t be enough. “When it goes bad I’ll just get drunk have Darcy rip it out.” He shrugged somewhat helplessly as if the arm was doomed to fail one day and he would be stuck with a hunk of metal hanging off his body.
The gasp that stopped the story wasn’t any indication of anything positive or negative for Owen. It was just surprise. Most people were surprised to see a vestigate of technology essentially lost to them. She, luckily, seemed more curious than desirous to harvest the arm for re-sale. So far his judge of character was proving accurate.
“Sur-” He tried to authorize the contact but she was already touching him. He continued to stare over at her as she inspected his arm. He didn’t bother confirming what she already knew about it. Apparently she was more a knowledgeable mechanic than he had estimated her at first.
It was odd how she complimented the arm he cursed. Sure it was awesome when he had regular maintenance and it was functioning optimally. But now…
“Thank you.” He replied flatly as she began arranging herself against him. “I paid for it dearly.” He curled his arm around her and let his hand cup her shoulder. She seemed comfortable enough with it.
“It’s supposed to. Well, it does. It did. Sort of.” Owen moved his hand down her arm in a motion like a caress. “I can feel myself touching you. Pressure, a vague sense of warmth? But I can’t feel - ummm - textures?” His natural hand brushed over the same spot on her arm to feel the smoothness of her skin. “It’s always been a bit screwy. The nerve fusion went pretty well considering the... ah, well, damages to the site and nerves. It wasn’t a clean cut -” He quickly abandoned that topic and moved to a different point. “The motor functioning still works great.”
Owen’s hands returned to their previous spots. The titanium one engulfed her shoulder and top of her arm. The natural one laid flat on his belly. He chuckled at the question about maintenance.
“Very carefully.” He sighed. “We were able to get a hold of the engineering specs for a similar model. I’m not an engineer but I muddle through. One-handedly. And a little compressed air goes along way....” He trailed off knowing that what little he was able to do for himself wouldn’t be enough. “When it goes bad I’ll just get drunk have Darcy rip it out.” He shrugged somewhat helplessly as if the arm was doomed to fail one day and he would be stuck with a hunk of metal hanging off his body.
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