Last time this had happened had been embarrassing enough; and then it'd only been in front of people who already had no damn respect for her, half the time. The idea of being laid low in front of Thane was...less than enticing. But there was no escaping the end-result of the Avox's existence, not for a moment. That much, he needed to know.
"You have to know, if she and I meet, only one of us is going to walk away. I am the only me," And it was the flat truth, chased with steel and fear. Was there anyone else in the world who knew what it felt like to look into your own eyes and know that you were so easily replaced?
"I can't—" it was too much like need, too much of fear, "I will not let this stand."
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Last time this had happened had been embarrassing enough; and then it'd only been in front of people who already had no damn respect for her, half the time. The idea of being laid low in front of Thane was...less than enticing. But there was no escaping the end-result of the Avox's existence, not for a moment. That much, he needed to know.
"You have to know, if she and I meet, only one of us is going to walk away. I am the only me," And it was the flat truth, chased with steel and fear. Was there anyone else in the world who knew what it felt like to look into your own eyes and know that you were so easily replaced?
"I can't—" it was too much like need, too much of fear, "I will not let this stand."