[He goes tense, at first, expecting it not to work. Expecting to bounce right off the helmet.]
[But the blade sinks in. It goes all the way up to the hilt before it stops. He's left staring at it in shock, in surprise, bewildered that it actually worked. And... then the message comes through.]
[He lifts his head. Stares. The feelings shoved away by his need to survive, his own desire to live, suddenly come flooding back as he stares at the frame. His hands shake. His frame shakes, and he loses his grip on the sword, sinking down to his knees with exhaustion, and bitter regret.]
[He's... never taken a life. He'd been prepared to, willing to. But it hadn't come to that, had it? Now the fluids on his hands aren't some unknown human being, but a fellow robot's.]
[One he'd promised to protect.]
[One more broken promise.]
[All he can do is sit there, on his knees, wanting to be sick, wanting to cry, and being utterly incapable of either expression.]
Forgive me.
[And once the words are out, they don't stop. He whispers them until static laces through his voice.]
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[But the blade sinks in. It goes all the way up to the hilt before it stops. He's left staring at it in shock, in surprise, bewildered that it actually worked. And... then the message comes through.]
[He lifts his head. Stares. The feelings shoved away by his need to survive, his own desire to live, suddenly come flooding back as he stares at the frame. His hands shake. His frame shakes, and he loses his grip on the sword, sinking down to his knees with exhaustion, and bitter regret.]
[He's... never taken a life. He'd been prepared to, willing to. But it hadn't come to that, had it? Now the fluids on his hands aren't some unknown human being, but a fellow robot's.]
[One he'd promised to protect.]
[One more broken promise.]
[All he can do is sit there, on his knees, wanting to be sick, wanting to cry, and being utterly incapable of either expression.]
Forgive me.
[And once the words are out, they don't stop. He whispers them until static laces through his voice.]
Forgive me.