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Perhaps that was why he was being so difficult; the simple act of existing was, for him, a huge pain in the ass.
he looked like the journalist type who probably wouldn’t let some light kidnapping get between friends if there was something in it for him.
Earth is beautiful. I hope it’s not about to get destroyed.
Operation: Probably a Huge Mistake but Fuck It began as most huge mistakes do: with a trip to Wal-Mart.
“What would I call you?” “YOU COULDN’T PRONOUNCE IT.” “Well, tell me what it would sound like in your language the way you pronounce it.” Out of two holes on the side of his neck, a singular noise came out that could inaccurately be described as “Bllkstsksxzzztst.” “Nice to meet you.”
Please don’t apologize for the act of experiencing pain.”
But it was hard to think responsibly when she was looking at him as if he were a shiny new car she was dying to take for a ride.
“We all come with baggage; yours just happens to be about nine feet tall and a little cranky.”
They were just two friends hanging out in the woods, only one of them inhabited a natural, fleshy, hairy meat body, and the other the post-natural body of a giant cybernetic alien. Normal dudes hanging
“No, I am not saying you are the one to do anything, any more than I am. That’s not how this works. There is no One Great Man that’s going to change the world here. There is only you and me, two people who have some influence, who might be able to influence other yous and mes out there.”
if we really believe that Ampersand is a person, then how is what you’re describing wrong? You’re both adults by the standards of your respective species, you shared some emotional and physical intimacy, so you developed feelings for him. That’s what happens. What’s a better indicator of humanity, of personhood, than the ability to fall in love with someone?”
