Good. For some reason, the confirmation that he's alive, even from a total stranger, meant more to him than logic would dictate. But at the mention of hurt, 9S mentally stutters.
"I..."
The pieces click together. The way Cole seemed to know when he had been thinking about 2B. The way Cole seems to be able to poke past his behaviour and pick at what's underneath, just like Reira.
A pause, before he says with a frown, "You're getting into my head and reading me, aren't you?"
Must be something about kids or kid-like people that lets them do this. 9S is a little upset, he doesn't particularly like having people root around in his head, but Reira had been unable to control it. But he sounds more annoyed than genuinely hurt from the realisation.
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"I..."
The pieces click together. The way Cole seemed to know when he had been thinking about 2B. The way Cole seems to be able to poke past his behaviour and pick at what's underneath, just like Reira.
A pause, before he says with a frown, "You're getting into my head and reading me, aren't you?"
Must be something about kids or kid-like people that lets them do this. 9S is a little upset, he doesn't particularly like having people root around in his head, but Reira had been unable to control it. But he sounds more annoyed than genuinely hurt from the realisation.
"Can't you turn that off?"