ic contact.

[heartlessglitch]

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED CONTACT WITH DANGER.

I AM CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEAVE A CONCISE MESSAGE.
THANK YOU.

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

I can't possibly trust any other psychiatric insight. My experience as an imPort is unique, is my point.

[heartlessglitch]

You are being unnecessarily stubborn. Do humans not intuitively wish to look after themselves?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I am looking after myself. It is your lack of knowledge about me that surely miscalculates such an assumption.

[heartlessglitch]

I find it offensive that you would accuse me of miscalculation. But perhaps that is irrelevant, as you are neither my patient nor my responsibility.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I was being generous, too.

[heartlessglitch]

[ a tense pause, before she asks a bit tersely: ]

What do you want from me, Doctor? [ another beat, before she amends: ] Or should I be asking what you need?

[slightlyoffchilt]

My position afford me far more acidic a tongue. [He winces -- talks of tongue still made him uneasy, even those self-inflicted. #thanksHannibal] I am not sure what I need, Danger, as I seem well taken care of.

[heartlessglitch]

Then are you antagonizing me for your amusement? I had assumed you were simply seeking an emotional outlet.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I do not, in this moment, find antagonizing you amusing.

[There's a first.]

[heartlessglitch]

Should I take that as confirmation that you are venting? It seems rather unproductive. Are you feeling any better, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Are you asking me how that makes me feel? Is that a question I am honestly being subjected to?

[heartlessglitch]

Unlike when you offer me the same inquiry, I am being sincere. [ again, slower, as if he hadn't understood her the first time: ] Are you feeling any better, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Do not patronize me. I am not feeling better, no -- though I am hardly obligate to inform you of my emotional state!

[heartlessglitch]

No, you are not. But I had assumed that you wished for me to know it. You want to be reassured. Comforted. Is that right?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I -- I am not going to answer that.

[heartlessglitch]

I cannot give you what you do not ask me for, Doctor.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Fine. Then humor this. In a hypothetical situation -- how would that comfort play out?

[heartlessglitch]

We may verbally discuss the matter, if you wish. Otherwise, I am capable of offering you something physical in nature. Either way, you are aware I will use the opportunity to assess your actual status for myself, regardless of what antagonistic behavior you may attempt to hide behind.

[slightlyoffchilt]

Physical in nature. [He hesitates.] Would you care to elaborate upon that option?

[heartlessglitch]

You have a medical education, Doctor. One assumes you are not entirely naive. Or do you require an explicit description?

[slightlyoffchilt]

I want to be sure you're using the term accurately.

[heartlessglitch]

I am a robot, not a child. As you well know. If you prefer, I will leave you to your own devices.

[slightlyoffchilt]

I never said I'd prefer that.

[He is begrudging, almost irascible again.]

Do you want me to beg? Is that it?

[heartlessglitch]

Would that be cathartic for you, Doctor?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Do I seem like the type to easily beg, Danger?