Even when she meets his eyes, her own have hexagonal pupils. The hints to her own artificialness are strong. Her internal structures? Seemingly organic, but conductive threads of nerves. A system aside from biological reactions that could almost be conductive.
"I'll probably get a job somewhere. Not one of the hospitals. I have enough experience with disease research to know that if any outbreaks happen, being in smaller facilities is the way to go. And, honestly, for a guy-" she calls the Head a 'guy' "-dead set on using people for DNA research, he certainly created a crowded city where a deadly disease could spread like wildfire."
She makes a round and round motion with her hand.
There were more humans before the war too. Biological warfare. A lot of them died. A lot of Votans died. Peace treaties, blah blah. I've seen contagions wreck cities."
She designed contagions to wreck cities. It was war. But she did it. The guilt still tears at her. That's another reason she doesn't want to work at a hospital; what if the Head decided to make use of those skills.
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"I'll probably get a job somewhere. Not one of the hospitals. I have enough experience with disease research to know that if any outbreaks happen, being in smaller facilities is the way to go. And, honestly, for a guy-" she calls the Head a 'guy' "-dead set on using people for DNA research, he certainly created a crowded city where a deadly disease could spread like wildfire."
She makes a round and round motion with her hand.
There were more humans before the war too. Biological warfare. A lot of them died. A lot of Votans died. Peace treaties, blah blah. I've seen contagions wreck cities."
She designed contagions to wreck cities. It was war. But she did it. The guilt still tears at her. That's another reason she doesn't want to work at a hospital; what if the Head decided to make use of those skills.