[ Well that makes things a lot easier, doesn't it? Tidus isn't sure what Hank means by a mod, but he doesn't pursue the subject. It's helping them out, so good thing whatever it is.
Far more important to Tidus is the remark Connor makes about him about being an AI. He speaks quickly, a little adamantly. ]
Hey, the Head's just a bastard. It can bring people back and make clones, but destroying lives is what it goes with? [ He throws back a hand dismissively. ] Fleshy people can be crazy too. There was a guy back in my world who wanted to save it by destroying it.
[ His voice drones to share that, then returns to normal. ]
You're not like that. Hank better have better taste than that!
[ And that hand thrown before gestures towards Hank fondly, a little exaggerated, but Tidus's expression turning optimistic to go with it, reassuring. Sure, he might not know the guy, but was the Head ever someone like Connor? He doubted it. Tidus doubted the Head was anything other than a bastard from the start, but maybe he was biased. ]
I think it wants to scare us. The Head isn't hiding that it's swapping us around; people disappear a couple of days, then they reappear? It's not waiting the year. It's gotta know people talk. [ He gives a small, slow shake of his head. ]
Maybe it's boredom, I dunno... but it brings people who know each other... it knows what people mean to us, and it knows it can take them away and get a reaction. I came with someone close to me, and there were three years between us -- I was from her past.
[ Because briefly, he understands that may be confusing, even if Hank's helping Connor anyway to understand him. ]
That wasn't an accident. It knew our memories. It's done it to other people too; waiting or not waiting until it takes people -- people we care about. [ His head dips. ] All of this... it's sick.
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Far more important to Tidus is the remark Connor makes about him about being an AI. He speaks quickly, a little adamantly. ]
Hey, the Head's just a bastard. It can bring people back and make clones, but destroying lives is what it goes with? [ He throws back a hand dismissively. ] Fleshy people can be crazy too. There was a guy back in my world who wanted to save it by destroying it.
[ His voice drones to share that, then returns to normal. ]
You're not like that. Hank better have better taste than that!
[ And that hand thrown before gestures towards Hank fondly, a little exaggerated, but Tidus's expression turning optimistic to go with it, reassuring. Sure, he might not know the guy, but was the Head ever someone like Connor? He doubted it. Tidus doubted the Head was anything other than a bastard from the start, but maybe he was biased. ]
I think it wants to scare us. The Head isn't hiding that it's swapping us around; people disappear a couple of days, then they reappear? It's not waiting the year. It's gotta know people talk. [ He gives a small, slow shake of his head. ]
Maybe it's boredom, I dunno... but it brings people who know each other... it knows what people mean to us, and it knows it can take them away and get a reaction. I came with someone close to me, and there were three years between us -- I was from her past.
[ Because briefly, he understands that may be confusing, even if Hank's helping Connor anyway to understand him. ]
That wasn't an accident. It knew our memories. It's done it to other people too; waiting or not waiting until it takes people -- people we care about. [ His head dips. ] All of this... it's sick.