[Gen grabs the file from Helpy so quickly that it's rather obvious she's been watching him make his way over with some concern. Once she's retrieved the file, she also boots Helpy up to sit beside her since Mike insists on standing.
Okay, she's definitely becoming attached to a robotic teddy bear in the absence of any warm (or even tepid) human companionship.]
"Helpy." [Before things get serious, Gen can't help but toss in a little barb at Mike's expense.] That's the best name you could come up with?
[With that, she opens the folder and begins her journey into the most demented family business ever conceived. There's none of her usual eyerolling and cynicism this time, no wry "it do be like that sometimes" attitude that suggests they're fellow veterans of life's hardships - nothing but pure horror as the pieces she's completely unequipped to process come together in front of her.]
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Okay, she's definitely becoming attached to a robotic teddy bear in the absence of any warm (or even tepid) human companionship.]
"Helpy." [Before things get serious, Gen can't help but toss in a little barb at Mike's expense.] That's the best name you could come up with?
[With that, she opens the folder and begins her journey into the most demented family business ever conceived. There's none of her usual eyerolling and cynicism this time, no wry "it do be like that sometimes" attitude that suggests they're fellow veterans of life's hardships - nothing but pure horror as the pieces she's completely unequipped to process come together in front of her.]