[ He hesitates, but then pats Konoha on her soggy human shoulder. Simon could probably count the number of people he’s touched or who have touched him in the past half a year on one hand, handshakes included, but she’s a lot more upset about being here than she is disturbed by him.
He tries to sound optimistic when he assures her, ] I’m sure there’s just been some kind of mistake.
[ He’s not actually sure of this. Well, it sure as hell seems like a mistake, but so did waking up in a robot body at the bottom of the ocean after the annihilation of the Earth’s surface, and there wasn’t exactly anybody to appeal to to get it fixed. But Catherine’s the blunt realist. Simon can’t bring himself to say anything less optimistic to somebody so sweet and upset. ] If we keep going, we’ll figure it out. And we’ll be out of the mud.
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[ He hesitates, but then pats Konoha on her soggy human shoulder. Simon could probably count the number of people he’s touched or who have touched him in the past half a year on one hand, handshakes included, but she’s a lot more upset about being here than she is disturbed by him.
He tries to sound optimistic when he assures her, ] I’m sure there’s just been some kind of mistake.
[ He’s not actually sure of this. Well, it sure as hell seems like a mistake, but so did waking up in a robot body at the bottom of the ocean after the annihilation of the Earth’s surface, and there wasn’t exactly anybody to appeal to to get it fixed. But Catherine’s the blunt realist. Simon can’t bring himself to say anything less optimistic to somebody so sweet and upset. ] If we keep going, we’ll figure it out. And we’ll be out of the mud.