Muse has this thing about "Games" (Canon is REBOOT)

[alphanumeric]

[Have a sarcastic eye roll to start.]

Oh, great.  Another Space Game. That's original.

Just tell me there's no golf course.  

Right, AndrAIa?

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...AndrAIa?

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[hackingyoursensors]

Not a fan of golf?

[alphanumeric]

No.

[A Sprite of few words, here.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[That's alright, he's a superhero of many words.]

Why not?

[alphanumeric]

[He doesn't particularly feel like going into detail right then. Suffice to say, he just didn't.]

[So instead, he looks the young boy up and down. There was something vaguely familiar about him, though Matrix couldn't quite put his finger on it. Something about that smile. Possibly even the hair.]

Who're you?

[hackingyoursensors]

I'm Robin. Who're you?

[alphanumeric]

Matrix. You can call me Matrix.

[hackingyoursensors]

Nice to meet you. So, not a fan of golf or of space?

[alphanumeric]

Seen more than my fair share already.

These Games are all the same.

[hackingyoursensors]

Games? Like the ones they throw us in? 'cause they're all actually pretty different.

[alphanumeric]

[He scoffs. Was he ever really that naive?]

Listen, kid. I've been playing Games since before I turned 1-0. Traveled in hundreds since.

[Only one Game ever continued to stand out in his mind in a positive way, and he'd been able to bring back the best part of that Game with him. ]

I've had enough. Once I find my companions, we're out of here.

[hackingyoursensors]

You've been in these games since you were ten and you still complain about them?

They're not really that bad. Mostly.

[alphanumeric]

Give it time. You'll learn.

I did.

[hackingyoursensors]

Are you always this ominous?

[alphanumeric]

Do you always ask this many questions?

[hackingyoursensors]

Do you always answer questions with more questions?

[alphanumeric]

[If only the kid was a little bit older, Matrix would just point his Gun at him.]

I'll take that as a "yes".

[hackingyoursensors]

Hey, I'm a detective. It's my job to ask a lot of questions.

[alphanumeric]

Bit young to be a detective, aren't you, kid?

[hackingyoursensors]

Gotta start early.

[alphanumeric]

Hn.

Just try not to grow up too soon; some of us weren't really given that choice.

[hackingyoursensors]

I don't think I really have a choice one way or another.

[He already had to. :(]

[alphanumeric]

[He sombers up just a fraction, voice lowering]

You too, huh?

[hackingyoursensors]

It happens to a lot of people.

[alphanumeric]

Too many.

So what's your story?

[hackingyoursensors]

Personal. What's yours?