[Hilbert isn't the only one going momentarily still and quiet. For a moment Rin is practically a statue, it's hard to even track whether they've remembered to keep breathing.]
I thought the neural interface was at the front.
[They sound entirely calm as they respond - no one's freaking out here. Their leash tells a different story, full of markers of sharply mounting stress, but it hasn't beeped - yet.]
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I thought the neural interface was at the front.
[They sound entirely calm as they respond - no one's freaking out here. Their leash tells a different story, full of markers of sharply mounting stress, but it hasn't beeped - yet.]