"Ain'tcher babe," she said, and she was getting the feeling that she'd be correcting him on similar misconceptions regularly. "An' it ain't my fault if the rat's 'round here're spoiled. Somebody 'round here keep givin' 'em fridge privileges an' top hats." She ran a hand over her hair. "'Sides, how d'ya know 'm not hazardous? Mebbe clean air's bad for me." It was a lie she liked to tell sometimes, anyway, to justify her bad habits. Kreska put a lot of emphasis on her non-Terran half, because Terrans tended to forget it and treat her as basically human. It was a problem with most humanoids, in fact, well-meaning Terrans not realizing that this or that thing could kill them.
"Not sure how well a digital rat's gonna clean m'analog apartment," she said, "but if ya got a converter box go ahead an' try. Or, actually, don't. Last thing I need's stuff from th' net comin' real anywhere near me." There were horror movies about that for a reason. Like most sensible women, Kreska tried to avoid anything that sounded like the beginning of a film where people who looked like her ended up murdered.
Kreska actually avoided any film with people who looked like her, because every single one of them was offensive. Still, the theory was the same.
Her brow furrowed. "What?" It seemed like he might have been talking to himself. He seemed like someone who did that. She wouldn't have cared if he hadn't sounded displeased about whatever it was that he could see and she couldn't. She picked up the pace, since it wasn't as if she had an audience to act casual for. Except for him, maybe, but that didn't count. She picked up the pace more when something went boom and he started swearing, because that sounded like she was going to get shot soon.
She skidded to a halt when he clarified that he didn't want her outside just yet, with a huff of irritation. She was very good at scaling buildings, but that was easier outside of them. Staying inside meant finding stairs. That took time. Not much, but still. Principle of the thing.
"Get distracted makin' rat hats?" she asked, backtracking away from the window. The hat had been her idea, but it had still been his choice to follow through, and therefore was still theoretically his fault. "An' how big're these drones, anyway, thatcha'd rather have 'em my size? Think'm doin' pretty good, all things considered. Gen'rally keep things outta other people's faces, b'sides."
"Not sure how well a digital rat's gonna clean m'analog apartment," she said, "but if ya got a converter box go ahead an' try. Or, actually, don't. Last thing I need's stuff from th' net comin' real anywhere near me." There were horror movies about that for a reason. Like most sensible women, Kreska tried to avoid anything that sounded like the beginning of a film where people who looked like her ended up murdered.
Kreska actually avoided any film with people who looked like her, because every single one of them was offensive. Still, the theory was the same.
Her brow furrowed. "What?" It seemed like he might have been talking to himself. He seemed like someone who did that. She wouldn't have cared if he hadn't sounded displeased about whatever it was that he could see and she couldn't. She picked up the pace, since it wasn't as if she had an audience to act casual for. Except for him, maybe, but that didn't count. She picked up the pace more when something went boom and he started swearing, because that sounded like she was going to get shot soon.
She skidded to a halt when he clarified that he didn't want her outside just yet, with a huff of irritation. She was very good at scaling buildings, but that was easier outside of them. Staying inside meant finding stairs. That took time. Not much, but still. Principle of the thing.
"Get distracted makin' rat hats?" she asked, backtracking away from the window. The hat had been her idea, but it had still been his choice to follow through, and therefore was still theoretically his fault. "An' how big're these drones, anyway, thatcha'd rather have 'em my size? Think'm doin' pretty good, all things considered. Gen'rally keep things outta other people's faces, b'sides."
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