HONEST TO A FAULT, RICHARD WAS SIMPLY BEING HONEST. He didn’t want to know. He doesn’t need to know and he knows with far more confidence than he has in a while that he doesn’t want to know the details about how the android murdered an android without so much as hesitation.
Vision that had been locked somewhere over Taien’s shoulder, staring at the wall behind him rather than the ST unit’s face. That would suggest he was interested in the way he’s baiting Richard into saying something he’d regret later on. He’s already regretting being the one to talk to the android, the RK unit really doesn’t want to see what’s in that file - perhaps hyperaware of his own... Issues with the more brutal side of their occupational field.
“That’s not--” Without consciously deciding on the action, grey gaze is drawn to the images - LED flashing red for a split second at the sight as his vision lingers for far longer than he’d thought he’d allow himself. His systems grind to a halt before somehow Richard finds the presence to less than gently slam the folder closed - hiding the images from sight and allowing his vision to fully grace Taien from where he stands across the desk before him.
There’s a bite to his gaze, ice cold grey narrowing and hands linking behind his back in a futile attempt to hide how much the other android’s words really affected him.
“I’m here to do my job nothing more than that. Like you did yours. I don’t...” A pause, for thought? Or maybe an attempt to blink away the fear lingering in the back of his mind - knowing what the other was capable of? Whatever it was, Richard’s jaw works before he finds the words to respond. “It doesn’t anger me. I don’t wish that on anyone - what you put her through.”
> @machiinator //cont from here.
