Of course not; I'm human, but I'm not a stupid human.
[So matter-of-factly, as if to suggest that only a machine or a god would require a smaller, and most people less intelligent than he is a larger one.
He tilts his head quizzically when Kyle seems to imply he's done something humorous or unusual, but it would be weirder for him to disrobe. He's all bony limbs and joints, parchment white like they've never seen the sun, and that's really not too far from the truth. Even in Trench he favors the indoors, studying in Gaze and dreaming in Pandora.
He nods, dutifully processing the instruction, but he doesn't quite have the angle right. He's diagonal, a beginner's nervous compromise between being on his back and being perpendicular to the floor. The result is an alarming descent; he plants his feet quickly to recover, tiptoeing back to wear it's shallow enough to do so securely.]
It's a buoyancy issue, I know.
[Defensive. He's embarrassed for not out-logicking instinct.]
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[So matter-of-factly, as if to suggest that only a machine or a god would require a smaller, and most people less intelligent than he is a larger one.
He tilts his head quizzically when Kyle seems to imply he's done something humorous or unusual, but it would be weirder for him to disrobe. He's all bony limbs and joints, parchment white like they've never seen the sun, and that's really not too far from the truth. Even in Trench he favors the indoors, studying in Gaze and dreaming in Pandora.
He nods, dutifully processing the instruction, but he doesn't quite have the angle right. He's diagonal, a beginner's nervous compromise between being on his back and being perpendicular to the floor. The result is an alarming descent; he plants his feet quickly to recover, tiptoeing back to wear it's shallow enough to do so securely.]
It's a buoyancy issue, I know.
[Defensive. He's embarrassed for not out-logicking instinct.]