13th Transmission

[heavyweaponsbot]

[There are dragging, scraping sounds as the comm clicks on, and they continue throughout the transmission.]

I require...

[A long pause, as if the next part is physically painful to say.]

... a mechanic. And a drink.

[The comm clicks off there, as the speaker continues hauling his broken old aft toward his quarters.]

Comments

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[heavyweaponsbot]

Stop this! Stop! What... what is the matter with you! I never said that!

No! I do not want another medic!

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[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

What is the matter, is that the very idea I could actually care about you makes you uncomfortable.

Personally, I would prefer my friends to have a better outlook than to think that their eventual death is going to make me incapable of functioning.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

... then stop speaking that way! If you care, as you say. Stop that. At once.

Would it not? If you were... too close? Tell me, then. What would happen.

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[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

...

I would do everything in my power to keep you functioning. At any cost.

Just as I would for any who I cared for, friend or otherwise. The same would be said for Prime, or any of the others.

Eventual death is inevitable. You cannot function based on the fact it will one day come to an end. I will do what I can to prolong that date for as long as possible - but I would prefer to have happiness in the time that I have.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[Just... lets his head hang.]

I... cannot... I cannot make... you happy. Not... as you want.

[And not as he wants. Too scared, too sure it'll end up badly. He can't do this.]

But I...

I cannot think... any less of you. And I do not... want to lose you.

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[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

... You don't give yourself enough credit, in some cases.

[ A mechanical sigh as he lowers his head, running a hand over his faceplates. ]

Did you honestly think I wanted to lose you as a friend?

I... am not intending to push you into anything.

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[heavyweaponsbot]

... Just know myself too well.

[And he's back to studying the floor.]

I do not know what you--No. I... did not.

Then... as we said... it is best we forget what... happened.

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[medicalofficer.livejournal.com]

[ That floor is very interesting. ]

... That is for the best.

[ Ow. ]

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[He'll only nod. Because this is safer. This is better.

This is more painful.]