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The Morning After

Feb 05, 2010 03:34

Characters: Batou (electronichound), Motoko Kusanagi (electroniccrane) [closed]
Location: Batou's stateroom
Date: Monday morning (backdated)
Rating: PG-13, for insufficient clothing

Waking as a human was a process, as though Motoko's consciousness were loading, and the operating system was a slow one. That was why it took her several seconds to remember she was human. She ( Read more... )

motoko kusanagi, batou

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electronichound February 5 2010, 08:50:12 UTC

Batou didn't sleep. The closest analogue he had to that process was defragging, but he always had the option of keeping one part of himself awake and conscious while he 'rested' the remained of his brain. In that fashion, Batou had spent the night with an all-too-human Motoko Kusanagi curled up on him. He stared up at the ceiling, replaying the conversation, the way she'd smiled at him, played some music files he liked, played several dozen games of chess and go against himself and in general tried to be a good heating pad for the Major.

Now she woke. Batou looked down at her. He wasn't used to human niceties.
it didn't occur to him to ask her how she slept or if she'd dreamed,
because as cyborgs neither of them did either.

"Are you hungry, Major? Can you recognize that sensation?"

He petted the back of her spine.

electroniccrane February 5 2010, 08:55:22 UTC

"Mmph." Motoko scrubbed at her eyes. Thinking was overrated. Everything was overrated.

"Don't know," she said into his chest.

electronichound February 5 2010, 08:58:21 UTC

Batou looked down at her. How had other people described it?

"Biologicals often describe the sensation as a feeling of emptiness in their bellies," Batou said, petting her back. Her skin was cool to the touch, smooth, and there was a scent around her now. Batou inhaled and kept a sample of the air in his false sinuses for analysis. The process started up in a sub-window and immediately indicated the presence of sweat, hormones and other trace elements. Interesting. "Is that how it feels?"

electroniccrane February 5 2010, 09:03:11 UTC

Motoko didn't care. It took humans something like a month to starve, didn't it?

"Don't care," she informed him.

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