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“Nines,” the voice is borderline pleading, now. “Please, just look at me. You can’t isolate yourself forever.”
If Nines wasn’t so busy giving Connor the silent treatment, he would’ve scoffed. He keeps his gaze stubbornly fixed on the far end of his cell, paying no heed to his unprecedented visitor and sparing them both the pleasantries of a confrontation neither of them ever wanted.
“Visiting hours are almost over.” Connor’s irritatingly sincere tone filters through his auditory units, like water on rock. “Come on, Nines, please talk to me. I’m worried—”
“Don’t lie to me.” The words are curt, cutting through the palpable tension in the air with the sharpness of a knife. In his peripheral vision, he sees Connor startle at the interruption, clearly not expecting to actually receive a response. “If you were so concerned for my well-being, you would have visited sooner.”
(Or: Nines is incarcerated for the crimes he'd committed prior to deviating. He's lonely, and it definitely shows. Connor feels remorseful, and so he visits his successor. It's awkward, but they somehow manage.
Takes place a few years after the revolution.)
Series
- Part 1 of Incarcerated