Thesa scrunched her nose up, “You tell yourself that, I’ll believe what I want to believe. And when I prove you wrong, when you feel an emotion, I’ll just say that I told you so.” She didn’t want to keep arguing, emotions were such a simple thing. Alexi could’ve easily made something even slightly like emotions inside Zev and he probably wouldn’t acknowledge them. She wasn’t going to go past emotions though. There was no way she would believe that he could have dreams or even really feel pain, he was an Android after all.
"And it became Human, in most ways that mattered." // OxO // OPEN
"And why are you being so stubborn about it? It does not affect you whether or not i have emotions. Besides, from what I have seen, emotions are a hindrance. They cloud your sense of logic, and make you do irrational things that you otherwise would not do." He added. Some little part of his mind was still nagging him about those strange…things… that had happened. The closest analog he had been able to find was what humans called dreams, but it was impossible for androids to dream.
“Because I’m a human. We’re stubborn. And yes, emotions make you think differently, but they’re good most of the time.” She looked around before looking up at the metal above her, doing anything besides looking over at him. He was being stubborn as well, she thought, trying to deny having any emotions. Thesa was determined to get him to prove that she was right, wether it involved letting him see Alexi again and maybe trying to get him to feel happiness or any other number of things.
Zev shrugged. "I have seen and read of sadness and anger, and i fail to see how those could be counted as positive." He debated. He saw this as a debate, more than anything. He also did not understand why she was being so stubborn about him having emotions.
“Anger is very helpful when you want to get something done, I tend to get a ton of stuff done when I’m angry so I can think,” She replied, eyes flicking closed, “And I said most of them were good, sadness isn’t good at all, and even anger isn’t a good emotion sometimes.” With a shrug, she rolled onto her side away from him, hoping he got the cue that she didn’t want to argue or debate about emotions anymore.
Zev shrugged, and headed back to the cockpit to continue working. He lay under the console, and startrd working on the wiring again, silent. I don't have emotions. That is not how androids work. Emotions are not a part of us. Ever. At all.
For a minute Thesa just laid on her bed, eyes closed and thinking. Eventually she sat up though, with more questions about how the human body and mind worked. Walking back into the cockpit, she was silent and got right to work, ignoring Zev as she slid under her own panel and started replacing things once again.
Zev kept working quietly, at the same pace he had worked earlier. The sooner we finish the repairs, the sooner i can get back to Alexi. Something sparked inside him, and he frowned. And the sooner I can be repaired.
For the next few hours, Thesa worked silently and without stopping. Her pace was nearly as quick or consistent as Zev’s, but she was working and helping. The panel she was working on was very near finished when she finally decided it was time to quit for the day, sliding out from under the panel and sitting up quietly. “I’m gonna call it a day,” She said, not looking over at him as she got to her feet and stretched. In her home planet time, it was near six or seven at night, plenty late for her to eat something and maybe relax for the remainder of the night until she went to bed.
Zev gave a sharp nod. "Alright. Good night." He replied, still working. "I shall keep working on the ship, then." He had nearly finished his panel, and would soon move to the next. If he ran out of supplies, he would go raid the Daedalus for more wires, dials, etcetera. Whatever was needed.
“Goodnight,” She said with a nod, yawning as she wandered back into the other room and got ready to go to bed. Thesa started some water boiling while she got changed, coming out of the bathroom right as it was done and adding it to one of the food packs. Quietly, she hummed to herself as she sat on her bed with her steaming packet of food in hand, enjoying being alone and the relative quiet.
He kept working silently. The faster I get this done, the better. Because then I can get home. Or…back to Alexi, anyway. He thought as he worked. Zev's hair was messy and sticking up all over his head, though he didn't care.
The food disappeared quickly, having not eaten anything for lunch, she was quite hungry. Thesa set the empty packet down on the table carefully before reaching around and finding what she was looking for, a very old and tattered -but still readable- copy of The Princess Bride. With a gentle grip, she opened the book to one of the dog eared pages and started reading. She didn’t read much in her free time, but today she wanted to. It helped her forget everything happening in the day and also helped her fall asleep when she couldn’t.
(yussssss princess Bride XD)
Zev continued working quietly, with the through, careful movements of the machine that he was. If he could figure out a way to work faster, they could finish the repairs quicker. Which would benefit them. He just had to figure out how.
(XD yesssssssss, both an amazing book and movie)
She didn’t read for long, flipping off the light and reading just by the small and very dim light beside her bed. With her blanket over her legs and a good book, she drifted off to sleep quickly, the book held tightly in one hand and the light by her bed still on. It wasn’t uncommon for her to wake up in the morning with the light on and book held tightly against her chest, and it looked like this was going to be one of those times.
(yuussss)
Zev kept working tirelessly through the night, silent as he did so. When he finished one panel,nhe would move to the next, quiet and uncomplaining as he did so. (Time skip to morning?)
(Ya)
Morning came way quicker than Thesa expected, though she was still sleeping almost an hour after she normally woke up. The book in her hand was tightly held in the crook of her arm and the battery in her light had ran out, the light not on anymore. She sighed and rolled over, shifting around as she started to wake up slowly.
Zev was still working, as he had been all night. He heard her shifting, and glanced in the direction of her room, before continuing to work at the same place. He had been correct earlier when he said that by him working all night, they could get more done.
She sighed and blinked her eyes as she woke up, yawning while stretching out her arms and legs. Gently, she set her book down and sat up, already wide awake. Thesa wasn’t the deepest sleeper, and when she woke up, she wasn’t going to fall back asleep for quite a while. Her eyes blinked blearily again as she woke herself up, standing and stretching once more.
Zev kept working at his steady pace, quiet. His blue eyes were focused on the controls in front of him, and he wasn't going to start a conversation unless she spoke first. He didn't see the need to, really.
“Mornin’” She called sleepily from where she was, walking into the cockpit to see how much he had finished in the last few hours she was asleep. From what she could tell, he had gotten a lot done, more than she could’ve in that amount of time. Her hair was a complete mess, though it wasn’t as bad as some of the days when she had long hair. Short hair was much easier to deal with.
Zev glanced up at her. "Morning." he greeted calmly, then went back to working. "You're awake." he commented. He kept working quietly. He wasn't quite sure how long this would take, as her rate of working seemed to vary from day to day, or even hour to hour, so he wasn't really sure. If he was working on his own, he could have calculated it, but she was a variable that he wasn't sure how to fit into the equation.
She nodded, “I am awake, nice job observing.” Thesa stood there for a few more moments before sighing and turning back to the other room, “Give me an hour and I’ll be out to help.” She didn’t wait for his answer as she headed back into the other room and got something to eat, changing into her clothes that were getting increasingly more dirty and full of grime from working. It probably wasn’t the best decision on her part, but she never packed more clothes besides two pair -one for sleeping, one for working.
"Okay." He replied simply. His body continued working while his mind tried to figure out an equation to calculate the exact amount of hours it would take to finish this. He knew his own rate of work down to the millisecond, and knew his rate wouldn't change. Hers, however, varied, so he would have to observe her and find her average rate of work. Once he found her average rate, he could calculate how long it would take them.
Soon she was back, looking much more awake and put together than when she had just woken up. She just looked over at him as she crouched down by the last panel they had to finish before moving onto working on the very ruined hull of the ship. In the mornings she didn’t work as fast, or more specifically, right as she started. After that her pace gradually picked up until she settled into a comfortable rhythm of replacing and repairing.
Zev glanced at her as he worked. "How long do you think it will take?" He asked her, still working. Her estimate should be close, she knows how fast she works. Then I substitute her answer into the equation, and that might help.
“Depends,” She said with a shrug, “If I keep working at my pace and you keep working at yours, maybe three to five more days? I don’t want to skimp on fixing the hull. I’d prefer not to die if I tried to pilot the ship.” The more focus they put on the outside the better, in her opinion at least. Most likely they would finish the controls in the rest of today, and move onto everything else in the coming days.
Zev nodded. "Alright." He replied, and kept working. After a moment, he sat up. "I am going to check for a response from Alexi, and then I will be back." He told her, and went to the dataport, plugging into it and checking through the messages for a reply from Alexi.
Thesa nodded, still working, “Alright, go do your thing. I’ll be working here.” In her mind she went over what they had left to do, including testing that everything worked after they finished. There weren’t any more panels to fix, but the front of the ship that was currently attached to Zev’s ship needed to be fixed before anything else.
He checked for a reply, and sent back his own message after reading it. He unplugged from the dataport, eyes narrowed slightly. "Trust no one." He came back over and started working on the panels. His left wrist clicked and froze up, and he sighed, peeling back the skin and tightening the joint again. Needs repairs. He thought.