Neo cannot smile as he does not have a mouth (and even if he did, he's a robot, so he wouldn't be smiling) but something about this is... tolerable. He doesn't mind being this close if it means that he gets the upper hand on Sonic, for once. A small, meaningless victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Sonic remains in his space for a little longer than is strictly necessary after he's freed, and for some inexplicable reason, Neo almost considers keeping him there. There's no reason for such a thing unless he plans on stabbing Sonic - but again, that has been proven to be pointless here. So keeping him close is a ridiculous, baffling thought and one that Neo forces himself to discard.
And then Sonic opens his mouth and Neo fights the urge to stare up at the sky. Why did he ever even entertain the idea of anything else? This is just the way Sonic is. Of course he's going to make a terrible pun and be a pain. So he reaches out and flicks his counterpart's forehead with a metal finger.]
I've heard entirely too many puns. Do not waste my time with any more.
[...He doesn't sound nearly as annoyed by it as he probably should, though.
It's only a matter of time until he starts over-thinking all of this again; after all, there's far too much that happened today that he needs to consider, but for right now...
For now, this is acceptable. Maybe that's all it has to be.]
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Neo cannot smile as he does not have a mouth (and even if he did, he's a robot, so he wouldn't be smiling) but something about this is... tolerable. He doesn't mind being this close if it means that he gets the upper hand on Sonic, for once. A small, meaningless victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Sonic remains in his space for a little longer than is strictly necessary after he's freed, and for some inexplicable reason, Neo almost considers keeping him there. There's no reason for such a thing unless he plans on stabbing Sonic - but again, that has been proven to be pointless here. So keeping him close is a ridiculous, baffling thought and one that Neo forces himself to discard.
And then Sonic opens his mouth and Neo fights the urge to stare up at the sky. Why did he ever even entertain the idea of anything else? This is just the way Sonic is. Of course he's going to make a terrible pun and be a pain. So he reaches out and flicks his counterpart's forehead with a metal finger.]
I've heard entirely too many puns. Do not waste my time with any more.
[...He doesn't sound nearly as annoyed by it as he probably should, though.
It's only a matter of time until he starts over-thinking all of this again; after all, there's far too much that happened today that he needs to consider, but for right now...
For now, this is acceptable. Maybe that's all it has to be.]