𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆… 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Nonagn? Are you okay? You flinched and nothing touched you. Has something gone wrong in the ship?" 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈THIS_UNIT〉"No, sorry Ser. This unit was thinking unpleasant thoughts." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Hm hm. You don't need to tell me what you were thinking, but if you'd like to, I'll listen." █ ... 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈THIS_UNIT〉"... I don't think I want to, sorry Ser." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"Understandable. Do you want to know what I do when I think something I hate?" 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈THIS_UNIT〉"You think things like this too? I'd like to hear it..." █ ... █ She smiled. █ I've never seen her smile before. █ Not with teeth. █ She looks built to break bones with those and that scares me. █ The mental image of𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑〈 499 𝐂𝐂 〉 █ I don't want to think about it. 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈SER_DROSTE〉"I think of the angry thought as a shape, and I imagine it's giant, and its made of paper. And then I start ripping it up. Shredding it. Scrunching up the paper. Pouring water on it, setting it on fire, whatever feels satisfying... Yes, yes, works nearly every time." 𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎_𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓〈THIS_UNIT〉"Nearly?" █ ... █ She was silent for a while after that.