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[sendinthecavalry]

So.

[It's a wonderful way to start a video out, Cayde's quite aware of that; eloquence, thy name is Exo.]

Anyone feeling a little...strange recently? Perhaps a bit normal?

[He's weedling for answers and not being subtle about it, no apologies ever. Not when he can feel his Light racing through his veins in sharp pulses. The start and stop nature of it, and what Astoria had said previously about the temple itself, is equal parts comforting and horrifying. One moment he feels alive and the next nothing, back to nothing more than a dulled machine.]

I know our lovely lady in the sky supposedly gave us all magic, I don't know I've only seen it, but I mean. Anyone feeling a little bit more like themselves then they have in a while?

[This is way too much of a coincidence.]

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[undeserved]

Not consistently.

[ she can guess what he's talking about. 2B sounds slightly frustrated with said inconsistency; her Pod has been reporting fluctuating levels of functionality in her weapons systems and overall programming for days. Not knowing whether or not you're about to accidentally crush a doorknob is annoying, to say the least. ]

[sendinthecavalry]

So in and out. You find there's a pattern to it, or just 'whoops now you don't get your cool toys anymore' at the worst possible times?

[undeserved]

I don't think there's any pattern. My Pod would have picked up on it.

[ unless it's a REALLY irregular pattern... but even then. ]

[sendinthecavalry]

Pod? I'm gonna assume that's some sort of cool tech thing, or maybe a magic thing I dunno. Euch...bad to think it might really just be random then. Like, I get being lucky, but something like this...I mean I'd feel a little better being back to normal, wouldn't you?

[undeserved]

-- It's a drone, [ she explains quickly. Even after all this time, she's so used to everyone simply knowing what they are that she doesn't think to explain right away. ] But yes, I'd rather be operating at full capacity.

[ she sounds... slightly dry, there, but just slightly. ]

[sendinthecavalry]

Huh. So does that mean it has cool guns? [Drones should always have cool guns, it’s like…one of the unspoken rules of cool!]

You ‘n me both though. These old servos can get a little bit rusty if I’m not on my game, y’dig?

[undeserved]

It has weapons. When it's functioning properly.

[ which it is Not, and not having the ability to fire a really big laser has already been a hindrance!! geez.

That's not important, though - she's more interested in his sympathetic response. ]

You're an android?

[sendinthecavalry]

Gotcha. So yes on the cool guns, but no on the 'do they work right now', which incidentally was going to totally be my follow-up question.

[Her question though...]

Exo. [The response is automatic at this point.] I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that that doesn't mean anything to you, though, so sort of? I mean, I'm a mechanically-inclined individual.

[undeserved]

... Mechanically-inclined.

[ thank god she's a CRAU or they'd have to keep playing 20 questions for a while. 2B has encountered some humans with implants before this, and that's what her mind goes to. ]

So an organic creature with cybernetic parts?

[ it still seems like a cruel and unnatural thing to do to a living being, from her point of view. ]

[sendinthecavalry]

What? [Wat] No no, nothing organic about this old hunk of bolts. One hundred percent Golden Age tech through and through, at least as far as I know. 'Mechanically-inclined' just sounds a lot better than 'robot', you dig?

[undeserved]

[ dryly, and perhaps a bit defensively: ] It's also less descriptive, even if it "sounds better."

[ don't confuse her... ]

[sendinthecavalry]

Hey-

[Now there's a touch of terseness to his tone.]

It may be 'less descriptive' but between that and Exo, which one would you recognize if I told you right off the bat, hm? And don't you go 'all metal people are robots' because that's just not true.

[undeserved]

It's not?

[ that's news to her... ]

[sendinthecavalry]

'course not. That's just some big blanket term, like 'all animals are dogs'. Not true, right? Even if dogs are great, which they are, don't get me wrong. All of us have our differences, we're not just some giant conglomerate.

[undeserved]

[ 2B understands what he's saying, but also thinks this comparison is ill-suited!! ]

... Are there mechanical beings that aren't robots? I don't see how that's possible.

[sendinthecavalry]

I mean, I'm not a robot. [He's giving a pointed look at his watch now.] Neither is Connor, if you've met him. I'm not sure what Day is, you might have me there on that one.