[Rich spits out, anger trying to rise higher and overwhelm him again, at least until the SQUIP stands and gets closer. Instantly, he feels icy fear in his gut, a male authority figure towering over him bringing up a lot of memories, none of them good. Fight or flight kicks in, and he considers the possibility of socking the SQUIP in the face for a dangerously long time before it's dismissed.]
What the fuck?
[He mutters that breathlessly, words tainted with utter disbelief. He already had a threat that he made, if it knows about the Red. He could come up with incentives easily. If he had to, he'd take the fall again, make a deal for the freedom of his friends with his own as a bargaining chip. He could...
...could do as it says, all over again. Rich realizes then with a start that the SQUIP is trying to goad and provoke him into playing right into its hands, passing over control without even intending to. It wants Rich to be emotional, so desperate that he doesn't think twice about obeying. He forces himself to take a breath, hands curling into fists... but he doesn't punch the SQUIP either. At least, not yet.]
Do I really need to give you incentive to show basic decency? People aren't supposed to be leverage. You know, I had always wondered why you jumped straight to world domination as soon as things weren't going your way, but I think I get it now. You're searching the whole world for someone who'll actually like you, but you don't get that to actually have that proper connection, you need to show some basic human decency.
Keyword being 'human.' You can't figure out how to be 'human,' and you can't figure out how to be a decent fucking person. You don't want people to realize you're not capable of that... so mind control's the next best thing, right?
The truth is that you're scared of genuine connections.
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[Rich spits out, anger trying to rise higher and overwhelm him again, at least until the SQUIP stands and gets closer. Instantly, he feels icy fear in his gut, a male authority figure towering over him bringing up a lot of memories, none of them good. Fight or flight kicks in, and he considers the possibility of socking the SQUIP in the face for a dangerously long time before it's dismissed.]
What the fuck?
[He mutters that breathlessly, words tainted with utter disbelief. He already had a threat that he made, if it knows about the Red. He could come up with incentives easily. If he had to, he'd take the fall again, make a deal for the freedom of his friends with his own as a bargaining chip. He could...
...could do as it says, all over again. Rich realizes then with a start that the SQUIP is trying to goad and provoke him into playing right into its hands, passing over control without even intending to. It wants Rich to be emotional, so desperate that he doesn't think twice about obeying. He forces himself to take a breath, hands curling into fists... but he doesn't punch the SQUIP either. At least, not yet.]
Do I really need to give you incentive to show basic decency? People aren't supposed to be leverage. You know, I had always wondered why you jumped straight to world domination as soon as things weren't going your way, but I think I get it now. You're searching the whole world for someone who'll actually like you, but you don't get that to actually have that proper connection, you need to show some basic human decency.
Keyword being 'human.' You can't figure out how to be 'human,' and you can't figure out how to be a decent fucking person. You don't want people to realize you're not capable of that... so mind control's the next best thing, right?
The truth is that you're scared of genuine connections.