[Neo's instructions are straightforward and simple - even an idiot should be able to follow them, so Sonic hopefully shouldn't have too much trouble. It's a simple matter of finding the misplaced wires and reattaching them to where they need to go - no need to weld or anything like that, though Sonic will have to have his hands inside Neo for a bit. Deal with it.
For a brief, blissful moment, Neo thinks that Sonic will let everything else go and they can just focus on this.
And then Sonic has to go and prove him wrong by opening his mouth and Neo realizes was a colossally stupid mistake it was to put himself in such a vulnerable position. Now he literally cannot escape and is trapped by the hedgehog's horrid words. The risk he took was calculated, but man is he bad at math.
He needs to say something, because like it or not, remaining silent will not make the topic of conversation go away. If anything, Sonic will just assume there's something wrong and will prod him further. There's nothing wrong. Neo Metal Sonic is incapable of feelings and therefore there cannot be anything wrong.]
...It was the most effective way to dispel the barrier.
[The words are slower, hesitant in a way they usually aren't, as if he has to force them out rather than letting them flow naturally. The stop-and-go nature of the words continues, like Neo's carefully choosing each word individually.]
It hardly matters, regardless. It is over with and we are not likely to end up in a similar situation again.
[Mostly because the bunnies have left, and Neo does not intend to stick around for another year to risk seeing them again.
Though he remains perfectly still and will guide Sonic if needed to put the panel back on and screw it shut, Neo's hands rest on his knees where they're folded. His grip is too tight - not that it can risk hurting him, but entirely because if he were to loosen it any, Sonic might notice that for some inexplicable reason, he's shaking.
A defect of some sort. He'll need to scour all of his coding and find it, and wipe it out. There's no reason to think it could be anything else.]
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For a brief, blissful moment, Neo thinks that Sonic will let everything else go and they can just focus on this.
And then Sonic has to go and prove him wrong by opening his mouth and Neo realizes was a colossally stupid mistake it was to put himself in such a vulnerable position. Now he literally cannot escape and is trapped by the hedgehog's horrid words. The risk he took was calculated, but man is he bad at math.
He needs to say something, because like it or not, remaining silent will not make the topic of conversation go away. If anything, Sonic will just assume there's something wrong and will prod him further. There's nothing wrong. Neo Metal Sonic is incapable of feelings and therefore there cannot be anything wrong.]
...It was the most effective way to dispel the barrier.
[The words are slower, hesitant in a way they usually aren't, as if he has to force them out rather than letting them flow naturally. The stop-and-go nature of the words continues, like Neo's carefully choosing each word individually.]
It hardly matters, regardless. It is over with and we are not likely to end up in a similar situation again.
[Mostly because the bunnies have left, and Neo does not intend to stick around for another year to risk seeing them again.
Though he remains perfectly still and will guide Sonic if needed to put the panel back on and screw it shut, Neo's hands rest on his knees where they're folded. His grip is too tight - not that it can risk hurting him, but entirely because if he were to loosen it any, Sonic might notice that for some inexplicable reason, he's shaking.
A defect of some sort. He'll need to scour all of his coding and find it, and wipe it out. There's no reason to think it could be anything else.]