http://arc-wrench.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] arc-wrench.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute 2009-12-07 02:36 am (UTC)

HK started counting the time, sighing just slightly. Riddles were the sorts of things Jedi loved, not assassin droids.

"Repetition: With thieves I consort; with the vilest, in short; I'm quite at ease in depravity; yet all divines use me, and savants can't lose me, for I am the center of gravity." He didn't really need to do it using the odd meatbag's own voice, but he copied that too, anyway.

He decided immediately that looking for symbolism was not the approach that was best suited to him. This was Earth, the most insular, self-centered little mudball he'd ever seen, after all. He had to focus on the wording...

Aaah. He had it. He also knew how much time they had left. ...He'd wait and see if the meatbags would figure it out. Of course by doing so, he was really giving them a vote of no confidence. He'd never give up the chance to show how superior droids were to meatbags.

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