Though he played tough guy, Owen didn’t take her teasing perhaps as well as she would have liked. He tried not to let on that he was a bit nervous which might have explained some of his earlier giddiness. He laid his head back and closed his eyes trying to stay calm. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust her. He had hurt himself too many times messing with the wretched arm to really take a joke well.
It helped to hear some things about her daughter to distract him. “That’s not a bad thing.” He countered but was mild about it. He wasn’t trying to be argumentative but more encouraging. “She sounds like a survivor. Maybe someday that will take some of the burden off of you.”
He opened his eyes to peek down at the arm that was disassembled on the table. It was odd that his stomach turned at the sight, but he’d come to think of that foreign machinery as part of him. It felt like he was really looking at the gory insides of his own arm. And, in a way, he was.
Though he felt somewhat sickened by it, he kept looking at the components she was trying to discuss with him. “I don’t mind the tactile limitations.” He waved his other hand because he wasn’t sure of the proper lingo. “It’s good for smashing into things. You know? Its nice to be able to punch a dude in the face and not feel much of anything. Sure does take the other fucker by surprise...which is generally an advantage for me.” He rambled on nervously only half able to suppress a flinch when as she touched that ruined node. He didn’t feel anything but the reaction was because he expected pain.
“Sometimes I have these...nerve pains? Do you think that’s why? How do you know this stuff anyways? Were you some kind of engineer...you know... before?”
It helped to hear some things about her daughter to distract him. “That’s not a bad thing.” He countered but was mild about it. He wasn’t trying to be argumentative but more encouraging. “She sounds like a survivor. Maybe someday that will take some of the burden off of you.”
He opened his eyes to peek down at the arm that was disassembled on the table. It was odd that his stomach turned at the sight, but he’d come to think of that foreign machinery as part of him. It felt like he was really looking at the gory insides of his own arm. And, in a way, he was.
Though he felt somewhat sickened by it, he kept looking at the components she was trying to discuss with him. “I don’t mind the tactile limitations.” He waved his other hand because he wasn’t sure of the proper lingo. “It’s good for smashing into things. You know? Its nice to be able to punch a dude in the face and not feel much of anything. Sure does take the other fucker by surprise...which is generally an advantage for me.” He rambled on nervously only half able to suppress a flinch when as she touched that ruined node. He didn’t feel anything but the reaction was because he expected pain.
“Sometimes I have these...nerve pains? Do you think that’s why? How do you know this stuff anyways? Were you some kind of engineer...you know... before?”
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