"Warranted- sure. Even if he's promised he won't pull the same trick on a human or human adjacent sort that isn't his mission- I don't believe him on that note, but, well. The only reason I didn't start swinging when he rolled up here is the kids." He nods at Seifer, Brigitte, and even Thor off to one side in the forge. Drinking, laughing, being young. Something he doesn't think the Brodinsons ever got a chance to, not with the whole being royal bullshit that comes hand in hand with their family. He's not going to empathize with Loki on that count, hell no, but-
Yeah. It's a thing. "I can't come down on them about not making weapons and not stabbing their way out of problems if I do the same thing. Also tweedle dee the first, the one that got stabbed, was...pretty unperturbed by the whole thing. Annoyed more at not having hands for a little while than upset by being harmed. Because machines can't feel bad for being harmed- it's a thing. I don't agree with it but I'm not in a position to start shit I don't know that I can end. Also why I'm asking you to fuck with him. We both know-"
For various reasons, various causes. "There are worse things than being killed. Or decommissioned. Not that I recommend leaning into physical torture but making someone question their reality and existence? Doesn't that sound like fun? I'd do more of it myself but he knows I'm hostile already, so it wouldn't work half as well."
Or at all. "Somewhere safe, and keeping his head down. He still hasn't completely recovered. The problem with advanced tech appearing here, even if that tech is a person? No way to replace some shit."
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Yeah. It's a thing. "I can't come down on them about not making weapons and not stabbing their way out of problems if I do the same thing. Also tweedle dee the first, the one that got stabbed, was...pretty unperturbed by the whole thing. Annoyed more at not having hands for a little while than upset by being harmed. Because machines can't feel bad for being harmed- it's a thing. I don't agree with it but I'm not in a position to start shit I don't know that I can end. Also why I'm asking you to fuck with him. We both know-"
For various reasons, various causes. "There are worse things than being killed. Or decommissioned. Not that I recommend leaning into physical torture but making someone question their reality and existence? Doesn't that sound like fun? I'd do more of it myself but he knows I'm hostile already, so it wouldn't work half as well."
Or at all. "Somewhere safe, and keeping his head down. He still hasn't completely recovered. The problem with advanced tech appearing here, even if that tech is a person? No way to replace some shit."