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That's sweet of him but your dating pool is basically non-existent. Lex seems to be into Ashley, Benjamin is taken, Maruyama is still recovering from his marriage issues, etc. That and he probably already has someone too. Kana? Marla? Casey maybe?
Eh, not that important either way. You simply shrug. "I haven't taken him on a mission yet and I wanted to see how good he is on one. No need to assume, Ms. 'My Company's been in hot water recently'. Isn't your stuff on the news?"
Wendy's face erupts into a bright shade of red. "Things have been. Rough. Admittedly." Every word she says is wooden and stilted. "We have had worse. That piece of shit mayor could've at least been more subtle about it but hey! We did not. Endorse him!" You know that's a croak of shit but with a quick MIND SCAN, it's clear that SHE didn't personally approve it. "look i came here to get my mind off this work has been a lot please."
Clover is about ready to reach for his gun but stops at the last moment. "Oh! You didn't endorse him. That's good! Would've been real bad news otherwise!"
Quentin kneels down in front of the blabbering mess formerly named Wendy. "I BELIEVE YOU. SOMETIMES, WORKERS DO THINGS THAT MIGHT SEEM TO SUPPORT THE CORPORATIONS BUT IN ACTUALITY-"
His mouth is immediately covered by Wendy's hand. "SHUT."
"Actually, Quentin, what have you been doing? It's been weeks since I last talked to you. After that whole Ace Strikers incident and all of that." You try to change the subject before any more tomfuckery happens.
"IT'S BEEN. A ROUGH FEW WEEKS." For a moment, you swear you could detect an emotion out of Quentin's voice. "IT IS HARD TO KEEP FINDING NEW. SHELLS. DO YOU KNOW HOW. COLD IT IS WITHOUT ONE? I DON'T LIKE IT." He wraps his arms around himself in an attempt to comfort himself. "HOPEFULLY WE FIND FRESH. SHELLS ON THIS MISSION. MORE SHELLS IS ALWAYS. GOOD."
Clover takes a moment to collect his thoughts upon hearing Quentin's ramblings. "Why the hell don't ya just get something better then? If these 'shells' you keep talking about are so important, surely you can buy one?" Wait, yeah, why is he scavenging dead bodies for shells to live in?
Quentin blinks a few times with his glazed over corpse eyes to make sure they don't dry out yet. "CAN'T. NOT UNTIL I PROVE MYSELF."
"Prove yourself?"
"PROVE THAT. I'M NOT INFERIOR. TO THE OTHERS. THAT I CAN BE LIKE YOU AND HER AND HIM AND HER AND HER." You faintly recall him wanting to 'understand humanity' during your last mission with him. You reach over to pat him on his cold, lifeless shoulder.
"Hey. I'm sure you'll do a good job. I'm just glad you're still kicking."
"I AM GLAD TOO. I WISH TO. WORK WITH YOU MORE. <span class="mu-b">I FEEL LIKE YOU WANT A HUMAN SHELL TOO.</span>" His glazed eyes stare up at your antlers. You furrow your brow upon realizing what he's talking about
"Oh, yeah, the hell are up with those things?" Clover points at your antlers. "Reminds me of the bodymods that Maria and Kana keep getting."
