[The question that keeps coming back around to him, as if he were caught in some kind of loop. What about what you want?
Hank's body language remains closed off, and while Connor is still a little shaken, his LED still gone yellow, the android is far more eager to connect. Maybe that's nothing new. Maybe despite knowing of Hank's hatred -- of feeling it just now -- it doesn't seem to matter.
(It's not news to him, Hank. That muck might've tried to pull him under, to override all that he is, but he knew, already, that it existed. The man had shown it to him on more than one occasion back home. He had his reasons for despising what Connor is, a bias that isn't so easily erased, unless he's allowed to reach out and touch that underlying tragedy, trying to sweep it cleanly away.
Connor knows he's far, far from that point.)]
It doesn't matter what I want. [Kamski had asked them that question. He had replied similarly.] And no, I won't. You can't deny that this instance has gone better than the other two. I'm functioning just fine; more undeterred than before. This is viable, Hank, and there's no reason why you need to hesitate when you're around me.
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Hank's body language remains closed off, and while Connor is still a little shaken, his LED still gone yellow, the android is far more eager to connect. Maybe that's nothing new. Maybe despite knowing of Hank's hatred -- of feeling it just now -- it doesn't seem to matter.
(It's not news to him, Hank. That muck might've tried to pull him under, to override all that he is, but he knew, already, that it existed. The man had shown it to him on more than one occasion back home. He had his reasons for despising what Connor is, a bias that isn't so easily erased, unless he's allowed to reach out and touch that underlying tragedy, trying to sweep it cleanly away.
Connor knows he's far, far from that point.)]
It doesn't matter what I want. [Kamski had asked them that question. He had replied similarly.] And no, I won't. You can't deny that this instance has gone better than the other two. I'm functioning just fine; more undeterred than before. This is viable, Hank, and there's no reason why you need to hesitate when you're around me.