She hates just about all of that. But she's going to address it as best she can.
"Okay. What you feel about the Admiral is your own business. But as far as I'm concerned, you're not my subject and I'm not your ward, exactly. We are a unit. Together. We are both working on a shared mission. I'm just the senior... officer" she almost said 'agent', "who's taking point on the mission."
She looks over at him now.
"The mission is your graduation. It's not an experiment, because the point isn't to prove whether you can or cannot accomplish this. Accomplishing this is doable. That's why we've been paired to do it."
She looks over at him and gently reaches for his hand to hold it while she continues.
"That means you aren't alone here. I'm with you. We're on the same side. If you're in a bad situation, I am a resource you can turn to."
He looks at her hand, then at her, brows knit. This isn't what happens. People don't-- Even the kind ones don't really want or need to know him, they just need whatever he can provide as A Soldier, whether it's stories about his squadmates or assurances about strangers' kids not being in that bad of a war zone. Not that he's even had much exposure to civilians at all, in the past while.
Senior officer in a shared mission. He's not sure he believes that, but apparently his programming does. At least insofar as he hasn't been inclined to murder her yet.
He looks for something else to say and settles on Old Faithful.
"I'm okay if that takes time to sink in. But if you ever wonder how I see it, it's like that."
She breathes out a little.
"If you want to do any independent research on me, my last inmate was Arthur Lester. I know you and he have some... difficulties, so you can also talk to Alan Wake. Wake and I are from the same world. And we've been... partners on a mission too."
He nods slowly, already knowing he's not going to do independent research. There's an underlying tang of why bother to his general reluctance, but that isn't her fault.
He watches her hand as she pulls back, settling there a moment longer before he shakes himself out of whatever was nibbling at the edges of the empty. "That's good to know. I was aware, about you and Arthur, but... I guess I didn't think about him as a possible... resource."
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"Okay. What you feel about the Admiral is your own business. But as far as I'm concerned, you're not my subject and I'm not your ward, exactly. We are a unit. Together. We are both working on a shared mission. I'm just the senior... officer" she almost said 'agent', "who's taking point on the mission."
She looks over at him now.
"The mission is your graduation. It's not an experiment, because the point isn't to prove whether you can or cannot accomplish this. Accomplishing this is doable. That's why we've been paired to do it."
She looks over at him and gently reaches for his hand to hold it while she continues.
"That means you aren't alone here. I'm with you. We're on the same side. If you're in a bad situation, I am a resource you can turn to."
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Senior officer in a shared mission. He's not sure he believes that, but apparently his programming does. At least insofar as he hasn't been inclined to murder her yet.
He looks for something else to say and settles on Old Faithful.
"Yes ma'am."
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"I'm okay if that takes time to sink in. But if you ever wonder how I see it, it's like that."
She breathes out a little.
"If you want to do any independent research on me, my last inmate was Arthur Lester. I know you and he have some... difficulties, so you can also talk to Alan Wake. Wake and I are from the same world. And we've been... partners on a mission too."
She'll give his hand a squeeze before letting go.
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He watches her hand as she pulls back, settling there a moment longer before he shakes himself out of whatever was nibbling at the edges of the empty. "That's good to know. I was aware, about you and Arthur, but... I guess I didn't think about him as a possible... resource."
Just a weird programming hiccup.
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Logistics are easy. Ish.
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