“No,” she replied quickly when he asked if it would hurt. After a pause, she looked up from the manual and made a face. “Well, it shouldn’t,” she corrected. “If I’m doing it right.” She stuck her tongue out at him, because she didn’t have any doubt in her abilities despite her teasing. She re-positioned the arm into something that would be easier to work with. Using a small screwdriver she started removing the larger panels on his underarm that hide the finer components underneath.
“Her name is Anita,” Julianna confirmed as she removed pieces of the arm and laid them in a specific order to make reassembly easier. “She’s…” the mechanic paused, to search for the right words to describe her offspring and to focus on a delicate task. “A bit of a handful,” she finally finished, glancing up at him as she started tracing and distinguishing different wires and nodes. “You’ll probably lose feeling in your arm when I disconnect this,” she warned as she turned to gather a different set of tools.
Julianna consulted the manual once more, it wasn’t really the same at all, but it would work as a decent guideline. The rest of her knowledge could fill in the blanks. “She’s only ever known Sierra Madre. She’s only ever known this...life.” Julianna seemed hesitant to refer to what they were doing as living. “It’s made her very rough around the edges. She’s much too cynical for a child.” She sighed, by this time she had most of the arm disassembled. Even though it was all metal and wires, there was something macabre about the scene.
“They put a limiter in here,” Julianna explained, pushing at a piece of technology with her finger, even though he wouldn’t be able to feel it with most of the leads disconnected. “It’s why your tactile sensation is so weak. And this auxiliary node is almost completely corroded. It’s one of your pain nullifiers. You’d be pretty fucked if this went out. Other than that it’s just dirty. I can fix all of this.”
“Her name is Anita,” Julianna confirmed as she removed pieces of the arm and laid them in a specific order to make reassembly easier. “She’s…” the mechanic paused, to search for the right words to describe her offspring and to focus on a delicate task. “A bit of a handful,” she finally finished, glancing up at him as she started tracing and distinguishing different wires and nodes. “You’ll probably lose feeling in your arm when I disconnect this,” she warned as she turned to gather a different set of tools.
Julianna consulted the manual once more, it wasn’t really the same at all, but it would work as a decent guideline. The rest of her knowledge could fill in the blanks. “She’s only ever known Sierra Madre. She’s only ever known this...life.” Julianna seemed hesitant to refer to what they were doing as living. “It’s made her very rough around the edges. She’s much too cynical for a child.” She sighed, by this time she had most of the arm disassembled. Even though it was all metal and wires, there was something macabre about the scene.
“They put a limiter in here,” Julianna explained, pushing at a piece of technology with her finger, even though he wouldn’t be able to feel it with most of the leads disconnected. “It’s why your tactile sensation is so weak. And this auxiliary node is almost completely corroded. It’s one of your pain nullifiers. You’d be pretty fucked if this went out. Other than that it’s just dirty. I can fix all of this.”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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