[As a hypothetical inquiry, it was far too specific, wasn't it? 9S frowns at himself, never a particular fan of transparency where he doesn't intend it. But he's going to have to be anyway, isn't he? As difficult as this topic is for him to navigate, it's not quite the same as the baggage he's allowed to pile up between them for such a very long time. It was so much safer, leaving all of these things alone]
Mm, just a little while ago. [Which might even be overstating it. Jude hadn't been gone for very long by the time 9S decided he didn't know how to begin approaching such a subject, and there are very few here who understand what a YoRHa unit's life is like. The standards placed on them are ones he has never lived up to, not in the privacy of his own mind, but even so] I don't...nothing's really expected of me, or anything like that, but...
[In a way, he thinks, that patience and understanding extended to him makes the situation worse. He pulls his knees against his chest, wrapping his arms around them. And still, his boots are far easier to look at]
I'm not sure how I— [Feel, but he cuts himself short of saying the word. Corrects himself] What I think about it.
no subject
Mm, just a little while ago. [Which might even be overstating it. Jude hadn't been gone for very long by the time 9S decided he didn't know how to begin approaching such a subject, and there are very few here who understand what a YoRHa unit's life is like. The standards placed on them are ones he has never lived up to, not in the privacy of his own mind, but even so] I don't...nothing's really expected of me, or anything like that, but...
[In a way, he thinks, that patience and understanding extended to him makes the situation worse. He pulls his knees against his chest, wrapping his arms around them. And still, his boots are far easier to look at]
I'm not sure how I— [Feel, but he cuts himself short of saying the word. Corrects himself] What I think about it.