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[psycholawgy]

[ less superior :'( ]

I'm just going around the residential district. And I don't mind at all, come on!

[faithfulflame]

Alright.

[Rei takes a position to the left, trotting in place.]

Do you run often? I didn't know that.

[psycholawgy]

[ time to start jogging again. let's go reibot! ]

I do this everyday!

[faithfulflame]

Really? Would you show me your favorite running track?

[Reibot is totally ready]

[psycholawgy]

It's not like I have one, but the next street is really pretty because of the flowers—

[ and she makes a turn! ]

[faithfulflame]

[And follows, trotting along easily behind Athena.]

I see!

[Robo-Brain calculates the best odds of taking her unseen...because obviously Rei doesn't deserve a friend like this.]

Say, have you ever been running down along the monorail tracks?

[psycholawgy]

[ that makes her stop, and she gives rei a disturbed look. ]

Why would I do that?

[faithfulflame]

Oh, because it's a straightaway just to the side of the tracks. There's nobody on those side streets to bump into either so you can go faster.

[psycholawgy]

It's not about being fast... and that's dangerous!

[ jeez. ]

Are you okay?

[faithfulflame]

Dangerous? Nah. And why wouldn't I be?

[She shrugs and they turn down a side street, Reibot's sensors processing a lack of people.]

Do you have plans this evening?

[psycholawgy]

Well... it's my turn to cook dinner, but that's about it.

[ "cook" anyway... her cooking's gotten a lot better! ]

[faithfulflame]

Who for?

[Is it her inferior self? Maybe...]

[psycholawgy]

Did you forget? It's for our weekly dinner.

[ she stops to check her cerevice. ]

Hmm, I have the day right, too.

[faithfulflame]

Oh. Right...

[Reibot laughs lightly, but inside she seethes. Of course it was, and the fleshy self had neglected to invite her...]

I forgot.

[Reaching out, she takes Athena by the hand.]

Forgive me.

[psycholawgy]

[ she laughs at the sudden contact, totally unexpecting it. ]

Ahahaha! It's fine, it's fine!

[faithfulflame]

Not really.

[She should be better. The perfect Rei.

The grip on Athena's hand intensifies, not hard enough to hurt but inhumanly firm.]

I don't like forgetting...

[psycholawgy]

[ well, she'll take this over depressed rei, honestly. 8( ]

Consider yourself forgiven, then! I'd never hold a grudge against you-- or anybody else.

[faithfulflame]

[It's not my fault the game gives Rei lemons...and no jug for lemonade.

Reibot looks Athena in the eye.]

Never ever?

[psycholawgy]

[ she looks rei right back in the eye and cups the hand that has hers with her other one. ]

Never ever, okay? So don't ever worry. You're one of my best friends, and that won't ever change.

Just don't try saying weird stuff like that monorail thing again. It's-- like I said, weird.

[faithfulflame]

[Reibot smiles warmly, nodding her head. She doesn't know what's up with the monorail, but Rei runs near the track all the time.]

She doesn't deserve a friend like you.

[psycholawgy]

[ ah? she blinks, still holding onto rei's hand, but her grip loosens. ]

You're the robot?

[faithfulflame]

[The robot's grip doesn't.]

Of course. You didn't know?

[She doesn't exactly have a heartbeat.]

You're very kind. You treated me like a real person, so I thought you knew.

[psycholawgy]

I didn't notice until now.

[ she can be dumb sometimes... ah. . . ]

But robots are nice, though. And you've been nice to me, [ especially now that she can't read rei(bot)'s emotions. ] so I don't understand why I shouldn't act the same way towards you.

So, how's Rei? I guess if you're out now, she's making you do errands for her.

[faithfulflame]

I don't know how she is. She's not talked to me in days, which is good. I can not stand her, and she won't just go away.

[For the first time, an angry edge enters the machine's tone.]

She won't go away, no matter what I do.

[psycholawgy]

What? Why would you want her gone?

[ wait. she tries to get away from reibot now. ]

You— [ ruh roh. ] Is she safe?!