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Orchid      So it's night at the rest area, where the rig is waiting for the morning before resuming its trip. Orchid found herself unable to rest. Not because she suffers from the fight, she got rather lightly off all told. Still, she's taken her tools and some of her damaged drones with her, and gone from the motel to the rig, sitting on the bumper as she works, consumed with thoughts that go in circles.
Corona Arclite Corona should be somewhere around, but no where to be see -- Oh wait, there's a foxy tail sticking out at the back of the rig where she's working on patching up some undercarriage damage from the bandit attacks. Probably to the surprise of no one that the engineer is working instead of sleeping. She does hear someone approaching and rolls over on her side to peak out to see who's feet it is walking up. "Evenin' missy."
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa had been sleeping for a bit, Kotone while asleep really looked dead. Cyborgs didn't move, didn't roll about when asleep they were stll as dolls or corpses, however she's come too and pulled herself off the bench she was sleeping on an is coming up on Orchid while she works. "Hey...hows the repairs going?"
Orchid      Orchid barely looks up as Corona makes her presence known, beyond a "Hey." Yeah, there's something on her mind. Kotone gets a bit more of a response. "Alright. About half of the d- unmoving drones are salvageable."
Corona Arclite Those sensative ears are good at picking out more than mechanical sounds. Like the undertones in someone's voice. Or tripping over a word to use a different one. "Somethin' on yer mind Orchid? Ya sound a bit... flat." She grabs the edge of the rig to pull herself out a bit farther. "Hey Kotone. Nuttin' too major, just makin' sure we can keep truckin' the rest of the way."
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa looks very concnered at Orchid's method or rppech. "You mean dead drones? Orchid? What's wrong? It seems like something's troubling you." She looks to Corona for a moment "I hear ya who knows what might jump us next on this ride."

she looks back to Orchid moving to put a hand on her shoulder.
Orchid      "Dead."

     Orchid repeats the single word. "Oh yes, you could say there's something on my mind. "I shot a human. I killed him. Does that make me a Maverick?" Her voice is flat, she's not invested in the idea, but it is in front of her, and not letting her go.
Corona Arclite Oh, this conversation. Corona remembers being on the other side of it when she was younger. "Those bandits were doin' stuff that hurts people. Iffen they didn't survive, it's their own fault for bein' outlaws instead of pursuin' honest work." The vixen pushes herself back under the rig to resume working. "It's not like ya -tried- to kill 'em, or they were bystanders not harmin' nuttin'."
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa thinks for a moment at this and then pauses. "You were protecting people in a hospital they came to torch the place," She pauses and thinks for a moment "You were acting on orders at the time were you not yet, I kept trying to puke the first time I happened..."
Orchid      "It wasn't about the bandits... It was that night in New York," Orchid explains. "The bandits I didn't shoot, and for some reason that makes a difference." She pauses, shaking her head. "I didn't have orders. I saw them come in, I knew I couldn't let them torch the place, that one started casting a spell... zap." Orchid closes her eyes, holding a hand to her face.

     "I can still see his face when I close my eyes. I can see the red blossom, and him fall back."
Corona Arclite ".. Oh." Corona mentally kicks herself for the assumption. Then Orchid goes on to explain. "Kotone's correct. You were protectin' folks that couldn't defend themselves. Don't get me wrong. Killin is never the 'rawht' answer.... But sometime's, it's the only solution that actually works." She pauses for a moment, a few sparks crackling out from under the rig as she welds something back into place. "Ah know ya have regulations and stuff to worry 'bout, but even then, in the end, justice is what ya make it for yerself. Words, guns or otherwise."
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa finds a spot to sit down at this point. "It's a more personal thing, and i'd be worried if you felt nothing." She seems concenred and she keep the hand on the shoulde rif Orchid lets it. "It's hard when you can't have your memories fade...." She seems at a loss for words for the moment, and the woman who helped her though it ... has had to pull back to her home world.
Orchid      "That's the thing, I don't know WHAT I feel." Orchid says. The hand on her shoulder is the only thing keeping her from flopping backwards. "I killed a human. I was created to prevent reploids from killing humans. And yet..."
     "I can't say I FAILED in that purpose. That's what's so confusing."
Corona Arclite Corona Arclite climbs out from under the rig and untucks a rag from her belt to wipe off her hands. "Look. This ain't a quandry yer gonna find a simple answer to." Once her hands are clean she reachs over to pat Orchid's shoulder. "But that yer thinkin' about it puts ya several steps up the ladder. Ah've dealt with people that don't care about how they hurt their own folk. D'spite being a reploid yer arguably more human than they are." Then tosses the rag in a trash bin, and turns to amble away as she stretchs. "Ah gotta get back to drivin' in the mornin' so gonna finally go get some shuteye."
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa is there is at a loss for words and wonder how her friend delt with her she still feels it and she fears the day she does not. She just keeps tht hand there and says nothing she has nothing she can say right now but she clearly is here.
Orchid      Orchid takes a deep breath, eyes opening. She looks first to Corona, then to Kotone. "Thank you. Thank you both." Being told that she is human helps, actually. Maybe she just needs more time to process it all.
Kotone Yamakawa Kotone Yamakawa says "You hav emy comm number, if you need to talk just call me the time doesn't matter, you got that Orchid and to be honest it was a number of synathics who kept me from becoming another statistic."
Orchid      "Will do," Orchid says, collecting the mettool she's been working on. "I'll try getting some rest myself."