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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 19:08:01 UTC
Ironhide!

[Lottie, in full Center uniform, comes in as soon as she sees his message]

Y'okay! Thank th'Lord.

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 22:46:25 UTC
[Have an awkward hug from Lottie, Ironhide. She hates war. It took Tia's dad away, and all the other men and boys who died too soon.]

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:08:01 UTC
[He stiffens, looking over at her in confusion. What's she doing? Why is she...?]

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:20:00 UTC
[Lottie pulls away, a little teary-eyed]

That was a hug, Ironhide.

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:25:58 UTC
... Your optics are leaking.

[Those are tears, big guy.]

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:26:54 UTC
My what?

[She starts feeling her pockets for her handkerchief.]

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:28:09 UTC
Your... these.

[He gestures to his eyes.]

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:29:07 UTC
Eyes, Ironhide. M'eyes.

[She finally manages to find her hanky (pink) and dabs at the tears]

It's called cryin'. Humans do that sometimes.

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:30:19 UTC
Why?

[She's fine, isn't she? Not damaged or anything...]

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:31:30 UTC
Well, I'm cryin' 'cause even though you gotta go home, y'got stuck in a war, an' ain't nothin' good evah come from war. That jus' ain' right.

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:34:14 UTC
War is my function.

[Was his function. He seems to realize this abruptly, and lowers his head.]

Used to it. Not meant to do much else.

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:35:58 UTC
I don' b'lieve that. Ain' a living thing in this world who's made jus' f'r war.

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:37:43 UTC
I am.

[He was built to be a soldier, anyway. Was.]

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:39:08 UTC
Y'jus' think y'were. War's nasty business, an' I don't b'lieve th'Good Lord'd evah make someone made jus' f'r it. Don' care if y'are from anothah planet.

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[action] show_my_cannons August 29 2011, 23:40:39 UTC
I was built to be a soldier. All Spark saw to that. Not any... lord.

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[action] daddydothis August 29 2011, 23:44:15 UTC
[All what?]

I ain' gonna start preachin'--not m'job anyway. [She puts the hanky away] I still don' think bein' a soldier's all y'c'n do.

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