#cybir

     A PAYCHECK’S A PAYCHECK ! and puppy doesn’t disagree with HER very helpful input--- between his regular maintenance and keeping THE CREEPS fed between their OWN affairs, money slips right through puppy’s fingers like sand. puppy takes what he can get, where he can get it. that’s just nature: STEADY INCOME, SLOW DEATH. 

     but, looking at--- V, she supplies with a chirp--- makes it abundantly clear to puppy that... sometimes she will hide information, and sometimes HER intentions aren’t good. they look young, or at least, not much older than the oldest creep. he looks at v, and he sees one of his boys. it’s the COCKINESS, he thinks. puppy can feel HER growing agitation at his assessment... she never did like the creeps very much.                                                   [ HELLO DARKNESS ]      DON’T PLAY INNOCENT NOW ! EVEN YOU KNOCKED SOME OF THEIR HEADS OFF !  and... puppy can’t disagree with that either ( he was hardly a person, all instinct and fury, but they have forgiven him and now--- EXCUSES, EXCUSES. BLOOD IS BLOOD. ) but what he CAN do is relax his stance, holding his hands up--- palms out, unarmed, and SHE goes from agitated to PISSED.         ( but puppy knows her tells, and even if she’s omniscient, he will ALWAYS be faster )

     in the SPLIT SECOND it takes KILL YOU for HER to assert her will, KILL YOU remind puppy WHO HOLDS THE LEASH, KILL YOU he’s already flung the ruiner onto the ground at their feet. BETTER HOPE THAT KID KNOWS HOW TO AIM, PUPPY ! 

it’s  a  funny  little  thing, the way the mind works. internal compasses, moral compasses, most in night city’s? well, it usually points towards the quickest way to get the most eddies. which, gem doesn’t judge, not completely. everyone’s just trying to survive in their own way, and it’s a sliding scale of difficulty that seemingly makes no sense. gemini stopped trying to understand it a while ago, back when she was still with trauma tech. it made things easier.