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"Oh..."
That's really specific, Rai.
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Rai ends his speech with his usual smirk. Honestly, it feels more like the words spoke themselves.
Galaxian finally mutters, "...Sorry."
He's not really used to apologizing, unlike GGaD!Galaxian, who apologizes too much for the wrong reasons.
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"Ah, uhm, it's okay! No need to apologize!" Echo said, frantically waving her hands a little.
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"Okay," he says with a nod, and then he stops apologizing.
It's unknown what Rai is thinking, but at least we can be sure that he's not exactly holding Galaxian's social skills in the highest regard at the moment.
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Echo sweat dropped, not sure what to do or how to feel anymore (mood).
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"Galaxian,,," Rai's actual tone makes it pretty clear that he's using the three commas.
The forumer looks at him like Rai's the weirdo.
"I'm not Hitan," the cyber agent states the obvious. "So..." He makes a vague gesture. "You gotta self-regulate."
Galaxian nods like he understands. He does not.
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Echo tilted her head.
"Self-regulate?"
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"Yep. He's not doing it, though."
Galaxian tilts his head to one side and then back, seemingly trying to get his gears working again or something. He opens his mouth and then closes it. Oof.
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"What's he got to self-regulate on?" Echo asked before quickly apologizing for being nosy.
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"His manners," Rai explains while Galaxian nods along like a robot. The forumer is fixed with a look and a somewhat sinister smirk before the agent continues, "He's not exactly showcasing the best social etiquette at the moment."
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"I'm not very good at social stuff either so it's okay!" Echo said.
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"Alright, but you said it, not me," Rai goes with a humorous smirk and a fingergun. His voice is still monotone, though.
"He's not coming up with an excuse for himself, so here's me doing the work: He might be slightly tired," he adds, though his tone is now befitting of the way one would verbally say "Press X to Doubt."
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"Oh, uhm," Echo is having a hard time coming up with a response. "I hope he gets good sleep soon, then." She then looks at Galaxian and says, "I hope you get good sleep soon."
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"Thank you," Galaxian says in a way that somehow conveys that the thanks is sincere but not sentimental at all. "I don't sleep," he adds, thinking that it's obvious.
Rai looks perplexed in a way that conveys that he likely prefers the company of the tree over the forumer. At least the tree knows how to shield him properly. Now, it's like he needs to be the puppeteer of an oblivious puppet with no manipulable social ability strings in the first place.
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"Oh, sorry..." Echo apologized, feeling stupid because she forgot about that.
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"Do you?" he asks like the incredibly dense (in the head) entity he is. Technically, that's actually the brightest thing he's done in the entire thread.
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"Yea," Echo said.
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"You're not doing it," he observes.
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"Huh? Yes I am," Echo said, touching under her eye softly.
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"You're sleeping?" he asks. "It doesn't really seem like it."
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"I am," Echo said, trying to defend herself. She looked away and over at some trees, then the ground.
"Ooh, rock-"
Echo picked (oh my gods I almost put licked) up the rock, examining it.
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SLURP SLURP PEBBLE--
Galaxian looks at Rai. "I can't talk to her," he says, all serious. He adds, as explanation: "She's sleepwalking."
Rai just raises an eyebrow briefly.
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"Wha? No I'm not," Echo said, confused on how Galaxian would mistake her for sleepwalking.
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"This is a very advanced form of sleepwalking if it is one," Rai points out.
The forumer nods in agreement.
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"I'm not sleep walking, though..."