[ Dolph's aggression is a loud thing in the midst of a library. That some average-looking kid doesn't react at all could mean two things. He's too stupid to be scared, or he's confident enough in his capabilities that he doesn't think he has anything to fear. Dolph is immediately wary. Why do "hacker" and "weirdo" always go hand and hand? ]
I was a man.
[ Android isn't a term he's heard. Machine is only partially true. The fact that those are the only options the snooping stranger can come up with isn't something Dolph chooses to pick at. It occurs to him that he doesn't have to acknowledge the question at all, but if some throw-away answers can spare him from further potentially-dangerous tampering, so be it.
Changing tac, Dolph slinks over to the wall—specifically, the one that holds the doorway out of this room—which he leans against, much more comfortable with some empty space separating them. He can at least pretend that light thing won't work at this range. ]
Now, I'm what you get when you let doctors fill you with metal.
he's just a little guy (derogatory)
I was a man.
[ Android isn't a term he's heard. Machine is only partially true. The fact that those are the only options the snooping stranger can come up with isn't something Dolph chooses to pick at. It occurs to him that he doesn't have to acknowledge the question at all, but if some throw-away answers can spare him from further potentially-dangerous tampering, so be it.
Changing tac, Dolph slinks over to the wall—specifically, the one that holds the doorway out of this room—which he leans against, much more comfortable with some empty space separating them. He can at least pretend that light thing won't work at this range. ]
Now, I'm what you get when you let doctors fill you with metal.
[ Satisfied? ]
Do that again, and we'll have a problem.