"Th' chip? Nnnnno, it - I don' really feel 't 'nymoreeee...you c'n see fer yourself, 's really not that bad!"
He leaned down to let Chris get a nice, close look.
It was that bad. He just couldn't feel it.
But the quiver was still there in his voice regardless - a floodgate had been cracked open again, and he was struggling to rebuild the dam.
After a long moment of silence, he decided to address Chris's lack of understanding. His voice was quieter - slower - like he was trying to put it together himself.
"...Wh'n I wassa kid...it was...dark. Everything. Dark. There wasn' ANY light at all! 'N...my fam'ly was there. But now 'ere's light 'n my fam'ly is gooooooone and I need to forget again...."
A tear rolled out of one of the voids where his eyes should be. Then another. Still smiling.
"...So I can be efficient. I need t'...forget the dark. 'N...everything in it."
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He leaned down to let Chris get a nice, close look.
It was that bad. He just couldn't feel it.
But the quiver was still there in his voice regardless - a floodgate had been cracked open again, and he was struggling to rebuild the dam.
After a long moment of silence, he decided to address Chris's lack of understanding. His voice was quieter - slower - like he was trying to put it together himself.
"...Wh'n I wassa kid...it was...dark. Everything. Dark. There wasn' ANY light at all! 'N...my fam'ly was there. But now 'ere's light 'n my fam'ly is gooooooone and I need to forget again...."
A tear rolled out of one of the voids where his eyes should be. Then another. Still smiling.
"...So I can be efficient. I need t'...forget the dark. 'N...everything in it."