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[knightoflight]

[It's a slightly harried looking Wing who appears on the communicator. He doesn't look injured, just...stressed out, his gold optics dim and tarnished-looking.]

H-has anyone else seen Dr. Liara T'Soni?  I mean recently?  I swore I saw her. But...[He looks around, almost on edge, and the camera moves to show that Wing's in a dead-end corridor. He's chased what he thought was her--and was definitely something--down here.] But, well, you can see. 

If she's here, she

[....and then he goes blank for six or seven long seconds, almost like he's been shut off, but then he starts speaking, continuing the sentence as if nothing had happened.]

needs our help.

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[video]

[tiptoeing]

[Bruce shakes his head.] I haven't seen her recently, I'm sorry. But...I do have some good news for you, and it might fix that glitch you just experienced.

[video]

[knightoflight]

....Glitch? [He didn't notice anything.]

[video]

[tiptoeing]

You stopped functioning for a few seconds. Has that ever happened before?

[video/lock]

[knightoflight]

I. Uh.


Yes. I...I think there's something wrong with me. [Especially if we add 'seeing people no longer here' to the list.]

[video/lock]

[tiptoeing]

I imagine so. Fortunately, Tony and I have figured out how to produce a supply of Energon for you, so that may help.

: [video/lock]

[knightoflight]

...you have? [There's a pause, and then his face splits into a grin.] That...I don't know what to say! Other than thank you.

[video/lock]

[tiptoeing]

[Bruce smiles, too.] You're welcome. Come by my house any time you want to collect it.

[video/lock]

[knightoflight]

I will. [He can't really hide the emotion in his voice. He's beyond touched by it.]

But, Dr Banner. We may have another issue for you to investigate.

[video/lock]

[tiptoeing]

[Seeing emotion in a robot is just weird, and Bruce is a little envious. He wishes he could allow himself to be that open.]

What issue might that be?

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[knightoflight]

[Wing would gladly share emotions.]

Strelok has suggested that there may be some sort of temporal distortion localized in the ship. Apparently I acted...strangely? And he recognized it as a symptom from his world.

It's likely not the same, but it could be dangerous.

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[tiptoeing]

[Bruce's problem isn't a lack of emotions, but the opposite...he has to contain what he does feel, or the Other Guy comes out if he slips up.]

I'll certainly keep an eye out for it when I'm there, and tell others to do the same. What made him think it was a temporal distortion? How did you act?