[The shriek that bursts out of Joy when the android scoops her up could not only strip paint from the walls, but give their innards a sizzling acidic scour. She slaps her palms against the woman-machine’s chest and kicks her bare feet in a frenzy of motion, but the crater of gore that should open up for her does not, and she is too appalled to summon back her trusted tentacular toys.]
How dare you – this instant – I refuse to be – you!!
[Her words boil up too quickly, pre-empting each other in a spill of steaming fury before she goes rigid with apoplexy, teeth clenched to an enamel squeak. Her butterfly drifts down to the center of her chest and lands there, wings folded neatly.]
no subject
How dare you – this instant – I refuse to be – you!!
[Her words boil up too quickly, pre-empting each other in a spill of steaming fury before she goes rigid with apoplexy, teeth clenched to an enamel squeak. Her butterfly drifts down to the center of her chest and lands there, wings folded neatly.]