And now he changed the subject, to... Forte's health? If he didn't know who he was talking to, Forte would have thought there was a hint of concern, which caused a brief, confused wave of emotion. In fact, he wasn't even sure who he was talking to anymore. Dr. Wily was treacherous and dishonest, but he always managed on gullibility and pity. This man, as irritable as he was, seemed genuinely... sincere. And overdosing and substance abuse... it was like he was talking about a different past of Forte's.
That was when it clicked, just like the names - this was the fake life to go with his fake name, and here was a fake Wily to tell it to him. "Oh... oh okay, I get it now. You're Wilhelm, and Rock is Rick, and I'm Frank, right? That's what you're here for, to tell me I'm Frank, and I've always just been some pathetic human, with a pathetic life!?" He was standing now, and shouting. "And I suppose 'Rick' and 'Bruce' are going to come in now and promise we can be a happy family if I just give up who I am and lie down?!"
He wasn't sure if he was angrier at this reminder of his confinement - to this body and name and existence that wasn't his, or that this fake had him thinking, for a single moment, his creator had showed the smallest concern for him.
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That was when it clicked, just like the names - this was the fake life to go with his fake name, and here was a fake Wily to tell it to him. "Oh... oh okay, I get it now. You're Wilhelm, and Rock is Rick, and I'm Frank, right? That's what you're here for, to tell me I'm Frank, and I've always just been some pathetic human, with a pathetic life!?" He was standing now, and shouting. "And I suppose 'Rick' and 'Bruce' are going to come in now and promise we can be a happy family if I just give up who I am and lie down?!"
He wasn't sure if he was angrier at this reminder of his confinement - to this body and name and existence that wasn't his, or that this fake had him thinking, for a single moment, his creator had showed the smallest concern for him.