He's working on trying to braid CRS' mane, humming a soft tune in silence while he does his thing. She's in his lap and this is just their evening, pleasant and calm.
Β CRS-00β²s laptop is never far out of reach in these moments.
Β Even in quiet moments of solitude like these sheβs always thinking, always untangling some knotted thread of code, always scoping her next target for ZEDβs backdoor salesmanship of her services. If she stops then the shadows of the past mire around her feet and gum her in place.Β
Β For all that the AI specialist argues that the Self is chemical, digitising her mind only enshrined herΒ demons in code. Still sheβs grateful that RU left the mess to sprawl untampered with. Of course...could she objectively know otherwise? Of course she couldnβt. But itβs irrelevant beyond matters of scholarly curiosity. She trusts Ryu.
Β The lid has been closed for a while. However gentle, the pull of her thick hair tilting her skull back served well to distract her from her research. How Ryu manages to tug her mane with those blades (not so much claws as they are literal knives) without slicing through the locks is one of the little mysteries of her partnerβs lover-boy persona. Sheβs much more adept with this body than when she first was activated and relied on him to support her wobbly, too-long and too-numerous legs, but her claws still royally scratch up the keyboards and mice she still favours despite being a walking computer herself.
Β The real trick of Ryuβs is in the way she forgets her work so easily...his knives in her hair and the electronic reverb that laces his gravelly tone are a balm for her anxious mind. Maybe she would believe it was a sly little programmed response to his presence had Ryu not been able to cast the same magic on her when she was still...if not entirely then at least 90% organic.
Β [ Doesnβt my mane floating around make this difficult for you? Anyway, I recognise that song. You were singing in your lab the other day. ]
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