ANDROID AU

[agoodname]

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Unzip my body, take my heart out - cont

[agoodname]

[he should be on his metal]

That's all I ask.

[he looks particularily pleased with that.]

I have every faith in you, Edward.

[enigmaster]

[Edward tilts his head, just a little.]

Do you? [...] I will try to make sure that is not misplaced, then.

[agoodname]

I look forward to your success, then.

[enigmaster]

...In the meantime, is there anything else I could assist you with?

[agoodname]

Not at the moment, no. But I'll ask you if I think of anything.

[enigmaster]

Very well.

[And then Edward just... stands there, a little awkwardly. Not sure what to do right now, if there's nothing else for him to help with.]

[agoodname]

[....right. Edward is just....standing there]

....is there anything you wanted to do?

[enigmaster]

[He blinks.]

...

[He feels like he's definitely had this conversation many times before, and yet...]

That is not something I'm capable of.

[agoodname]

[...] ...right. As you've said. [he sounds mildly amused] Well, never mind, then.

[enigmaster]

...I can move somewhere else, if I'm in the way.

[agoodname]

No, you're not. [he does pause, though, tilting his head a bit] You could come sit with me. I'd enjoy the company.

[enigmaster]

...Understood. I can do that. [And he'll move over to join Oswald on the couch. It's awkward, perhaps, because Edward doesn't seem to understand how to sit like an actual person would, i.e. relaxed. So his posture is too formal, too stiff, but, well. He's sitting. ...He's doing his best.]

[agoodname]

[oh my god he's so awkward. Oswald will settle back to do some work, though--pretty much all of it above board. Because he's not stupid, and no matter how intrigued he is by Edward, he still has to be cautious.]

[enigmaster]

[...Yep, he's just. Going to keep sitting there. Not doing anything or even really looking at anything.

...Does he seriously not get bored?]

[agoodname]

[after about a solid hour of this, Oswald hums idly, in thought, pausing in his paperwork] Any luck on that loophole?

[enigmaster]

[Edward looks over, not... blinking, exactly, but just looking at Oswald a moment.] Not as of yet. My apologies.

[agoodname]

[he chuckles at that] No need to apologize. Merely that you're looking is enough.

[enigmaster]

Is it?

If there are no results, what does that matter?

[agoodname]

Because you're still looking because I asked you to.

[enigmaster]

...Of course. [He sounds a little confused. Yeah, buddy?] You asked me to. Currently, I do belong to you, after all. [So long as it doesn't go against his already programmed protocols, he'll do whatever Oswald wants.]

[agoodname]

True. [a pause as he writes something down] Nevertheless, I do appreciate it.

[enigmaster]

...I will try to get some actual results. [Then Oswald will actually have something to appreciate.]