@symptomofinsanity asked:
| “ Actually, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you were trying to do my job. Care to weigh in? ”
“ no, no, no——if i was doing your job, i’d have splattered somebody’s guts all over the place by now. ”
he brandished a digit——waved it around in a couple of circles, then went back to what he’d been doing, which was working to disentangle a sparking snarl of wires on the ground.
“ you’re not giving yourself enough credit, seriously——and we both know, that’s not like you. ”
he shot a very weighty look at the other man.
“ now——either, you can help me rewire this thing, or you can go sit over there, y’know, with your thumb up your——well. ”
he stuck his tongue on the backs of his teeth, then ducked his head down a bit——giving one of the wires he was working to unjumble an almighty yank.
“ anyway, your choice. though, as a sort of——general warning, your lady version’s just going to do it if you don’t, so——yeah. ”
he tossed the bit he’d yanked loose off to one side with some seemingly unaffected urgency, where it landed with a very audible sort of clatter.
“ might as well——i don’t know, pitch in——make yourself useful. ”