Owen laughed at the description of Julianna’s daughter’s attitude. Wildfire. “Like her mother, eh? Wouldn’t want her to be too much like you, or how would you handle her?” He smirked at her and winked. Owen was trying to keep it light for Julianna’s sake. He would sense that speaking of her daughter pained her given the circumstances. Still, it helped to know what he would be dealing with.
Children could be unpredictable and any information he could get about the child’s disposition might be of help to them. Knowing she was a little fighter was a small comfort. He wouldn’t be dealing with some helpless mewling pathetic little human. Well, he would just have to see how pathetic the girl would be. It’s not like he could entirely trust an objective opinion from her mother.
Owen kept watch of what Julianna did with his arm. Partly because he figured it would be of benefit to learn how things worked in there and partly because he liked the nimble way her little fingers worked on him. There was a confidence to her touch that he couldn’t feel but could certainly see.
“Right. Sciency whatnot. Punching won’t hurt. Got it.” He made a finger gun with his other hand at her and grinned. Owen fell silent and listened to Julianna give a vague affirmative as to her personal history before she continued on explaining how his arm would function differently.
He felt a shock - nothing too terrible but it did make him jerk - when she reconnected the node that gave his arm sensation. It did immediately feel differently. Especially her hands working at replacing panels on his arm. He could really feel it but it had been so long since he had any decent sensation in the arm he almost didn’t understand what he was feeling. Owen lifted his head off the table and frowned at her as she worked connecting the visual with the sensation his brain was receiving.
“Huh.” When she was finished he sat up and lifted his arm to test the shoulder socket, elbow, wrist, and fingers all in turn. Everything functioned properly and it felt much more comfortable. He circled his arm around in the socket reveling in the lack of any grainy feeling to irritate him.
“This is great.” There was genuine enthusiasm in his voice having been freed of some seriously annoying discomfort. Unthinkingly Owen reached for her ponytail that rested over her shoulder from where it had fell. He felt the strands and cocked his head as if it were curious. “I think I forgot what soft felt like on this side. It’s really strange. It doesn’t feel like my arm. But it does. If that makes any sense? I don’t know.”
Owen snapped to from his reverie realizing that he was standing there stroking her hair. “Well, I guess I’m ready to do that job then.”
Children could be unpredictable and any information he could get about the child’s disposition might be of help to them. Knowing she was a little fighter was a small comfort. He wouldn’t be dealing with some helpless mewling pathetic little human. Well, he would just have to see how pathetic the girl would be. It’s not like he could entirely trust an objective opinion from her mother.
Owen kept watch of what Julianna did with his arm. Partly because he figured it would be of benefit to learn how things worked in there and partly because he liked the nimble way her little fingers worked on him. There was a confidence to her touch that he couldn’t feel but could certainly see.
“Right. Sciency whatnot. Punching won’t hurt. Got it.” He made a finger gun with his other hand at her and grinned. Owen fell silent and listened to Julianna give a vague affirmative as to her personal history before she continued on explaining how his arm would function differently.
He felt a shock - nothing too terrible but it did make him jerk - when she reconnected the node that gave his arm sensation. It did immediately feel differently. Especially her hands working at replacing panels on his arm. He could really feel it but it had been so long since he had any decent sensation in the arm he almost didn’t understand what he was feeling. Owen lifted his head off the table and frowned at her as she worked connecting the visual with the sensation his brain was receiving.
“Huh.” When she was finished he sat up and lifted his arm to test the shoulder socket, elbow, wrist, and fingers all in turn. Everything functioned properly and it felt much more comfortable. He circled his arm around in the socket reveling in the lack of any grainy feeling to irritate him.
“This is great.” There was genuine enthusiasm in his voice having been freed of some seriously annoying discomfort. Unthinkingly Owen reached for her ponytail that rested over her shoulder from where it had fell. He felt the strands and cocked his head as if it were curious. “I think I forgot what soft felt like on this side. It’s really strange. It doesn’t feel like my arm. But it does. If that makes any sense? I don’t know.”
Owen snapped to from his reverie realizing that he was standing there stroking her hair. “Well, I guess I’m ready to do that job then.”
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