[The explanation from Nick makes a lot of sense, and Connor's nodding wryly along even as he turns to stare at Tidus...then back to Hank.]
He under-- You understood?
[Everything Tidus is saying to him is having to come through Hank's mind, Connor saving the words and cross-referencing the translation through what he already recognises from the grammar and vocabulary, making extrapolations and candidate lists, and already creating ways to test them out.]
We don't think this is because you. Because ofyou. The Head is... The Head is the Head.
[And the Head's going to do what it wants - often to the very people of the city it was created to look after. He's almost talking to himself as much as Hank - and Tidus, since it seems like he might understand them now.]
Somehow it doesn't surprise me. Technologically, it shouldn't take the same length of time to create everybody. Reverse-engineering Markus and I, or EDI, shouldn't take the same length of time as recreating an adult human body from scratch. The time length was always arbitrary. It makes sense.
And the only reason it has is... Right. Pettiness. Cruelty. Research.
[Connor sounds clinical, but that tone's hiding a lot. It's a little more apparently in the downward twist of his mouth, the bleak look wavering over his expression before schooling it again.]
no subject
He under-- You understood?
[Everything Tidus is saying to him is having to come through Hank's mind, Connor saving the words and cross-referencing the translation through what he already recognises from the grammar and vocabulary, making extrapolations and candidate lists, and already creating ways to test them out.]
We don't think this is because you. Because ofyou. The Head is... The Head is the Head.
[And the Head's going to do what it wants - often to the very people of the city it was created to look after. He's almost talking to himself as much as Hank - and Tidus, since it seems like he might understand them now.]
Somehow it doesn't surprise me. Technologically, it shouldn't take the same length of time to create everybody. Reverse-engineering Markus and I, or EDI, shouldn't take the same length of time as recreating an adult human body from scratch. The time length was always arbitrary. It makes sense.
And the only reason it has is... Right. Pettiness. Cruelty. Research.
[Connor sounds clinical, but that tone's hiding a lot. It's a little more apparently in the downward twist of his mouth, the bleak look wavering over his expression before schooling it again.]