Date: 2025-05-16 07:22 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] dualityinjest
dualityinjest: (Sun 02)
"I'm not built entirely like a human," he said, voice softer, being serious. "I don't get a sore back from lifting stuff wrong, 'cause I don't have vertebrae. I just fall over if it puts me off balance. I don't get tired and have to take a break, I just use up battery power moving too much, and then I gotta go take a nap with my charger again. I know how to fall down and stay safe, and all of that. I was programmed to know those things."

He set another broken thing on the floor next to the TV, something that had once been a stereo... or might've been, if there were more of it. No wonder it had been discarded. "I haven't needed any physical maintenance since I first came online. The only thing actually wrong with me like that when I came here was, I needed oil for my joints. And our friend Foulques had some, so now I don't squeak all the time!"

Considering all the evidence on his shell, he was probably discounting all the cosmetic damage he'd suffered....
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