[ You know. Once you got over the initial mystique of her, Cortana could be a very calming presence. Not unlike Delta, in a way... or some of the other more affable fragments.
There are a lot of contradictory parts to this Church construct that Epsilon can't quite reconcile, and the worst just seem to come to the fore now looking at her. A lot of impulses he must've decided were entirely rational from available information at the time, but the implementation of which kind of elude him. The worst part being that while he acts like Alpha he has to think like him, and the logical gaps do nothing but make his eyebrows knit, his mind struggling to plaster up the holes without looking at them.
He knows he has to get to Tex, because he belongs with her and she's part of him in ways Alpha doesn't even deserve to understand or appreciate. The other girl around, Donut, seems nice enough according to Caboose, but Tex is his.
But Cortana's still the first feminine body Epsilon has actually seen with his own eyes, and she's still no more clothed than she was earlier. And his lowered gaze ends up inadvertently at the level of her... ]
You know, that... That actually makes a big difference. I can't even feel it now.
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There are a lot of contradictory parts to this Church construct that Epsilon can't quite reconcile, and the worst just seem to come to the fore now looking at her. A lot of impulses he must've decided were entirely rational from available information at the time, but the implementation of which kind of elude him. The worst part being that while he acts like Alpha he has to think like him, and the logical gaps do nothing but make his eyebrows knit, his mind struggling to plaster up the holes without looking at them.
He knows he has to get to Tex, because he belongs with her and she's part of him in ways Alpha doesn't even deserve to understand or appreciate. The other girl around, Donut, seems nice enough according to Caboose, but Tex is his.
But Cortana's still the first feminine body Epsilon has actually seen with his own eyes, and she's still no more clothed than she was earlier. And his lowered gaze ends up inadvertently at the level of her... ]
You know, that... That actually makes a big difference. I can't even feel it now.
[ Stare stare stare. ]