- cycle."

She wouldn't mention that she had encountered issues with it, oh no. Issues that had only appeared after she allowed a certain one-optic scientist to poke at it.

It had been an easy fix. Somewhat.

"It 'works'?" She gives the femme a dubious look beneath her mask as an overtly questioning tone curls around her words.

"You don't sound so confident. Whereas I can confidently tell you that this," she taps her chest with maybe a little too much bravado. "Has been perfect since my first -

- the war Telemetry had gotten better and better at pressing through what made others uncomfortable. If it could even be considered 'better'.

"Does it...work? I wouldn't expect it to, but we're all full of surprises."

She tries to picture the orange coloured bot as something similar to Arachnid. It wasn't quite leaving the same impression, but she tilts her head in curiosity nonetheless.

"A pity..." she murmurs more to herself. Sensing the femme was uncomfortable, she leans in.

"And, does this one fit?" Since -

"I'm sure they tried their best," she offers coolly. Not knowing if the femme had a t-cog to start with, she couldn't tell if this was an upgrade or something else

"What did you have before?" She decides to fill in the gap rather than allow herself further speculation.

"And, what is it now...?"

- by chance?" It could certainly explain the state of her frame. Although, it was likely to be another cause.

Tapping her foot she hums, "they could have done a better job."

"I see..."

Her mouth parts, lifting into a grimace of barely concealed disgust. A bit with a barely functional t-cog?

Well, that certainly explained a lot. How she hadn't noticed it before she wasn't sure. The odd behaviour was somewhat off-putting...

"Was it a t-cog you were searching for -

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