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]

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?

[alphanumeric]

[He raises an eyebrow, but shrugs.]

Searching for our home. Been lost since we were small Sprites.

[hackingyoursensors]

Sorry to hear that.

What do you mean by "sprite"?

[alphanumeric]

I mean Sprites.

That's what we are. AndrAIa and I.

[hackingyoursensors]

You mean like fairies?