homeless, sort of looking

[goodnotbad]

Look, guy, you know I've already got a game. I don't get how any of this works, and I'd sure like it if I was just back at the arcade. The things you call "games" here all seem really scary -- bet they're just like Hero's Duty, or worse. So… yeah, you better keep me out of it, especially since I'll probably end up breaking everything and making things worse.

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[deusrexmachina]

Demolition guy, huh? I can believe that. You're a pretty big dude.

Uh, well, I guess it depends on where that is...? In some of these games, it's not that hard to fix stuff if it gets broken.

[goodnotbad]

Thanks, kid, but that's not real encouraging. It'd be a miracle if I didn't get myself into a bunch of trouble. I've been pretty good at that lately.

[deusrexmachina]

But it's not like you'd mean to get in trouble, right? You're not smashing stuff just to be a jerkwad.

And you probably don't even wanna know how much property damage I've caused where my mun stuck me, but nobody really cares. Not usually.

[goodnotbad]

No, I don't do it on purpose. OK, sometimes I do. But it's not because I'm a jerk.

[A short pause.] Guess I have been doing better lately. I'm probably being too much of a baby. Typical.

[deusrexmachina]

I dunno. Are you really worried that much about what people think about you?

[Because that's sort of what it sounds like to him. Why else would this dude be worried about people getting mad over broken stuff?]

[goodnotbad]

Maybe I am, but it's kind of hard for me to make friends sometimes. I'm not very good at it, and it doesn't help if I'm accidentally wrecking everybody's stuff. That's all -- it's not like a big deal or anything.

[deusrexmachina]

Yeah, but if people can't accept you for who you are, they're not worth having as friends.

[A pause. He rubs the side of his neck.]

And this is probably weird coming from a total stranger. It's just that I do know what the not having a lot of friends thing is like, partially because of how I am.

[goodnotbad]

Yeah? So what makes you a loner?

[Pause.] You know, if you don't mind saying.

[deusrexmachina]

Yeah, I don't mind talking about it.

Wouldn't say I was a total loner, really. I had and still have a field partner, plus over time I did make some friends. It was just tough at first because I'm not human. I'm something called an EVO, which basically means science screwed with my DNA. And there's a lot of people where I'm from who hate EVOs, like so much that some of those people think we all need to die. So basically I had to get people to see past my "freak" status. On top of that, I also had to make some of my co-workers and my boss realize I'm not just some weapon they can put in a closet when they're done using me, either.

[goodnotbad]

Sounds like a bum deal, kid. I got a bad rap for 30 years 'cause I'm a bad guy in my game. Seriously, though, it's part of the programming, you don't have to treat me like garbage just for that.