[so! at some point... well. he's going to have to talk to 45 eventually, isn't he. the lab isn't a place he generally goes, considering he doesn't know what the majority of the stuff in here is, but he thinks she might?
[ She's fiddling with one of the two computers available when he steps in and addresses her, at which point she looks up and fixes him with a very blankly neutral look. Hm. ]
-my apologies, for earlier. I'm relieved it didn't come down to needing to clear you, but I appreciate your willingness to participate, if it had been needed.
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w4, post-trial
he peers in, stepping inside quietly.]
Ah... miss Aki. Do you have a moment?
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I might have a few. What is it?
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he exhales a slow breath, bows his head.]
-my apologies, for earlier. I'm relieved it didn't come down to needing to clear you, but I appreciate your willingness to participate, if it had been needed.
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hm. this is strange and awkward. ]
You could very easily argue that it was performative for the sake of not being killed, had I been a monster.
... Still, I don't mean to brush off the apology.
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[-at least he likes to think someone would have done something, before they ran out of time, rather than let her be killed.]
We just- didn't want to leave anything unexplored. Just in case.
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[ she'll prop an arm up on a workbench and rest her head on that, glancing up at him with a critical eye. ]
In fact I would be disappointed if you did anything less, so long as the same scrutiny is applied to everyone.