"Huh." Pieces? Zex squeezed his hand again, and while Teisel was squeezing back it clicked in his mind that maybe that wasn't some random cultural gesture after all. "What, you don't have hands?" How did they pick things up, then? His mind conjured up people with awkward, useless stump arms. No wonder Zex was so weird.
Now he felt kind of bad for not believing Forte before. He'd have to apologize the next time he ran into the kid. He was amused at Zex's assumption about him, though. Apparently Vux didn't have bionic parts...? "Uh, no. I'm not. I went blind about eight years ago, so I had my eyes replaced with optical implants." They weren't pleasant memories. "Do Vux have anything like that?" Apparently, a lot of places didn't, which struck Teisel as sort of tragic. He couldn't imagine losing an eye or a limb and having to go without for the rest of his life. "But here, I've got my eyes back, just like I'd never lost them in the first place." It'd been a rude surprize, and it still bothered him.
Teisel listened as the admiral mentioned the actors this place brought in. "That's..." He struggled to find the appropriate word, and failed. "That's pretty sick. What's the point of all that? I mean, you're an admiral, at least, but most of us probably aren't even all that important. I know I'm not. Why bother?" Of course, why bother corralling all these people together at all? Maybe they didn't even have a reason. Maybe they were just cruel. Or bored.
He kept repeating to himself that Zex didn't know how to work his face properly, but Teisel still couldn't help blushing a little at the focused stare he was getting. Zex's tone of voice really didn't help, either. With effort, Teisel forced himself to listen to the words and ignore everything else. "Oh, yeah. The institute building and the monsters aren't too different from the sub-gates I work in back home. Uh, fundamentally, that is," he added, rubbing the back of his neck. That needle mark was really starting to bother him. "Monsters can only bite and scratch, as far as I've seen; they can't shoot at you like a reaverbot can. And I haven't found any traps in the building yet." He smirked. "Though I wouldn't be surprized if is had some. Never hurts to be cautious, right? I mean, if I get maimed here, I can't just replace what got crushed or cut off." He laughed. That was a concern, though. He'd have to be especially careful of his eyes.
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Now he felt kind of bad for not believing Forte before. He'd have to apologize the next time he ran into the kid. He was amused at Zex's assumption about him, though. Apparently Vux didn't have bionic parts...? "Uh, no. I'm not. I went blind about eight years ago, so I had my eyes replaced with optical implants." They weren't pleasant memories. "Do Vux have anything like that?" Apparently, a lot of places didn't, which struck Teisel as sort of tragic. He couldn't imagine losing an eye or a limb and having to go without for the rest of his life. "But here, I've got my eyes back, just like I'd never lost them in the first place." It'd been a rude surprize, and it still bothered him.
Teisel listened as the admiral mentioned the actors this place brought in. "That's..." He struggled to find the appropriate word, and failed. "That's pretty sick. What's the point of all that? I mean, you're an admiral, at least, but most of us probably aren't even all that important. I know I'm not. Why bother?" Of course, why bother corralling all these people together at all? Maybe they didn't even have a reason. Maybe they were just cruel. Or bored.
He kept repeating to himself that Zex didn't know how to work his face properly, but Teisel still couldn't help blushing a little at the focused stare he was getting. Zex's tone of voice really didn't help, either. With effort, Teisel forced himself to listen to the words and ignore everything else. "Oh, yeah. The institute building and the monsters aren't too different from the sub-gates I work in back home. Uh, fundamentally, that is," he added, rubbing the back of his neck. That needle mark was really starting to bother him. "Monsters can only bite and scratch, as far as I've seen; they can't shoot at you like a reaverbot can. And I haven't found any traps in the building yet." He smirked. "Though I wouldn't be surprized if is had some. Never hurts to be cautious, right? I mean, if I get maimed here, I can't just replace what got crushed or cut off." He laughed. That was a concern, though. He'd have to be especially careful of his eyes.