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systolicarray2020-11-29 10:50 pm
toyboy) wrote in systolicarray2020-11-29 10:50 pm
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://the billboard said "the end is near"
[ if he had taken the time to imagine how this body might be destroyed (and he had, occasionally) the highest prospect on the list would have been workplace incident. he was at risk for being shot, stabbed, or otherwise injured on a day to day basis. his body had been destroyed once before, and nearly several times after. he had fallen from a skyrise, he had been shot, he'd had essential parts removed with the intention to kill.
this danger was so commonplace he hardly thought about it, although he worried from time to time what hank would do if something happened to him. even now that he had deviated and was living a life of his choosing, it was simply the way things had to be. he enjoyed his career. he was proud of what he did.
so, when that isn't how it happens, he's surprised—
he's laughing at something hank's said just as the self-driving car riding next to them slips on the icy road. it clips the car. the car struggles to compensate and swerves in a long sideways arc, which ends when it smashes into the concrete embankment.
it's over in an instant.
connor is dead before the EMS arrive. ]
this danger was so commonplace he hardly thought about it, although he worried from time to time what hank would do if something happened to him. even now that he had deviated and was living a life of his choosing, it was simply the way things had to be. he enjoyed his career. he was proud of what he did.
so, when that isn't how it happens, he's surprised—
he's laughing at something hank's said just as the self-driving car riding next to them slips on the icy road. it clips the car. the car struggles to compensate and swerves in a long sideways arc, which ends when it smashes into the concrete embankment.
it's over in an instant.
connor is dead before the EMS arrive. ]
no subject
[ he imagines pulling up a book from his database and reciting it aloud; not a terrible idea, but he isn't sure if that's what hank means when he says it. focusing on a story, on dialogue, might be difficult for him as he is now. but if that's not the kind of distraction he wants in telling, then what?
what's "good"?
connor searches his memory for some clue, but he has a limited purview. the newsfeed, the police database, they rarely tell him anything that a person would like to hear. still, he scours both, despite his hopelessness.
and, despite his pessimism, he does come up with something after a moment. his expression lightens. ]
The case you were working on before this, with the Cynthia girl? Ben and Chris were assigned to take it over. They found her sister, and it looks like she'll be fine. Ben wrote Chris a glowing commendation for his assistance. It looks like he's well on his way to making detective.