PC: ENDORSI

[headmt]

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[fisherwoman]

[She looks him over before she enters, taking in that exhaustion with a light frown.]

I wanted to see... You know.

[How he was doing.]

[headmt]

[He just goes back to sitting on the couch, or, the floor. Whatever. it's fine!]

So at least we understand a part of what happened now.

[ . . .]

If you're asking, I don't know how I'm doing. Revenge has been exacted, but-- Well. [It doesn't bring her back, does it?]

[fisherwoman]

[She'll take a seat near him! And after a moment of consideration, crossing her arms:]

He should have suffered more. I would have liked a second to see his face, knowing that he failed, knowing what was about to happen.

[But even that wouldn't fix things, would it?]

[headmt]

He suffered some, at least.

[He flexes his hands, remembering the feeling of-- going cold for a moment there.]

Utter agony. I didn't know if it would work on a metal man, but, I'm glad it seemed to. I-- I suppose it was a good twist of luck it happened to him. I used it before I knew. I just wouldn't watch him kill her.

[fisherwoman]

Oh, that was you?

[She glances his way, appraising for a moment, before:]

Smart thinking. Well, if it wasn't excruciating, we won't find out from him! So I think it's fine if we assume it was.

[Happy thoughts of robot suffering...]

[headmt]

I believe it was rash thinking but--

[Well,]

I won't argue with results.

[happy thoughts of a robot suffering . . . ]

[fisherwoman]

[After a moment of thinking through why he'd call it rash:]

...Well, just make sure you don't come into another situation where you need it, then.

[She says, as if it's just that simple.]

[headmt]

Ah. Well, I was always going to use it on the person who had done that to Beauregard.

[never anything PRACTICAL like self-defense]

[fisherwoman]

[There's a maybe skeptical look when he says that, but - considering everything, she holds back whatever she wants to say. Instead:]

I'm glad we found who it was before it ran out, then. [...] Though it's strange to say I'm glad we had to listen to him go on for all that time... If he was going to gloat, he could have kept it brief.