Axl, after a bit of poking-with-a-stick to be sure it's not LOLed, has sprawled on a Nexus Couch in that boneless way only teenagers and, apparently, teenage-looking Reploids can.
"Ok, let's say there's a problem. A pretty big messy one, and you don't know how to fix it. And someone you know does have a plan, but it's something you know isn't
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"Vell, if zhey keep on insisting beyond reason, I think it's a good hint that just talking vill not vork." A beat. "There are quite an array of chemical compounds that vould stop that foolish someone long enough. The mode of administration vill depend on the individual subject, obviously; I vould advise you to keep the syringe gun as a last resort, however, especially if a friendly relationship of any sort exists und you vish to keep it."
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"I don't know if it's insisting. I think he'd listen if I had any other suggestion. But as long as I don't, he just says that at least he'll be doing something about the problem."
The rest gets a slight chuckle. "Drugs don't work on us. I've been tempted to slip something chibi-causing in his food and drag him home with me a few times though."
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He lets a beat pass.
"Vhat do you mean, drugs don't vork? Are you machines?" Machines who need food? Chibi... what?
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"Er.. um... sort of, yeah."
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"I once heard that what a child doesn't receive, they can seldom give later. If it's too late for that, it's a revelation they must gain on their own."
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Axl nods at that. "Yeah, I guess that's true. I've tried to do something about that, but most of what he sees of the world is the bad stuff. I don't think he's even really met a nice human. And they designed him to be an assassin of all things, so it's no wonder his idea for solving a problem would be to kill people until there's no more problem..."
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She frowns at the next part. "...we robots are the creations of humans. How can we have in the ability to be kind, if our creators do not have the same ability?"
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"I know there are nice humans. All the ones on Mars are." He then looks a bit embarrassed and seems to notice he's wearing armor. "I guess it's kinda obvious what I am, at least to someone from a similar timeline."
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Chrono of course glares back.
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"How do you know it won't work? Has the problem happened before?"
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