[ It's... unusual, yes, and 9S doesn't feel as if he has company following along as he resumes his way down the hall. Laphicet did do what he could to prove he's there, though. He can roll with it.
And there it comes. 9S is hardly surprised to hear Laphicet ask the inevitable, so he rolls with it surprisingly easily. ]
Yeah, that's right. I know it isn't like most names out there– [ Rather, it comes from a lack of name. ] –but it still works well enough as one.
[ And he does follow close by, walking alongside as he tries to keep up the same pace. He acts as if he's appearing physically present to 9S, even though he might not get any direct eye contact.
After his talk with 2B back with the sea clan empire, he knows better than to suddenly blurt out that having a designation isn't a proper name... ]
Do you ever think about choosing a different name?
[ He's careful not to broadcast his sighing over the communicator. Perhaps the answer should have been what he expected. He's expecting same for his next two questions, but he has to ask anyway. ]
...Even if your current name is a number? That doesn't bother you?
[ He flinches. There's a brief pause, before he can bring himself to answer back. He breathes out a sigh and sounds embarrassed, especially with how quickly 9S caught on. ]
...A-a little. Not the first time someone asked you that, huh?
[ The letter B and now an S. What other designations are there? It doesn't matter. It doesn't make Laphicet feel any better about it. Androids deserve real names...
But he has a hunch that pressing further about it would have the same result as his conversation with 2B. ]
I'm sorry, 9S. [ Without any reluctance now. He can work with it, even if he doesn't like it. ] I'll stop asking about it.
[ ... Well, he had been built with a specific purpose in mind—to fight for and serve humanity. Not that they existed anymore in the first place, but when it came down to it, it doesn't change that 9S' intended purpose was to be a tool, did it?
He still can't bring himself to put the likes of him on the same level of humanity, regardless of how he feels about his programming lately. Yet people still try, despite all the protesting he's already done; this is hardly a new scenario for him. It doesn't make any more sense why everyone wants to think he's more human than he actually is, though.
Unlike 2B, 9S doesn't quite argue it. Not now, when they're already leaving from a mess of butting heads. Instead, he lets the words settle before eventually responding. ]
People I knew well back where I'm from called me Nines. [ It's... still a number, technically, but also very much a nickname. ] You can call me that, if you want.
[ A soft, thoughtful murmur comes across the communicator as Laphicet repeats the nickname to himself. Yeah, it still sounds like a number when spoken. "Nines" might only be a small step above "9S". When he thinks about it though, it starts to look and sound closer to being a name when you write it out with letters.
...What would 2B be? Two- Bee? That's kind of adorable. No, she might think it's weird. He quietly scolds himself, betting 2B would want a cool name. Back to 9S though, before he can let himself be carried away with his sudden childish thinking.]
Yeah, you're Nines. Nines is Nines!
[ A moment ago, he sounded in low spirits. But now he sounds elated as he makes the proclamation. Nines is Nines, just like 2B is 2B. Not tools. But their own person, is what Laphicet views them as anyway. ]
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And there it comes. 9S is hardly surprised to hear Laphicet ask the inevitable, so he rolls with it surprisingly easily. ]
Yeah, that's right. I know it isn't like most names out there– [ Rather, it comes from a lack of name. ] –but it still works well enough as one.
good :')
After his talk with 2B back with the sea clan empire, he knows better than to suddenly blurt out that having a designation isn't a proper name... ]
Do you ever think about choosing a different name?
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[ No direct eye contact, but 9S does lift the wrist his magitek is attached to, giving it a quizzical glance. ]
... No, not really. I don't mind the one I have now.
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...Even if your current name is a number? That doesn't bother you?
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Somehow I get the feeling it bothers you a lot more than it does me.
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...A-a little. Not the first time someone asked you that, huh?
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Some of you act pretty weird about it. It's not just "a number"—it is my model type, you know.
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[ The letter B and now an S. What other designations are there? It doesn't matter. It doesn't make Laphicet feel any better about it. Androids deserve real names...
But he has a hunch that pressing further about it would have the same result as his conversation with 2B. ]
I'm sorry, 9S. [ Without any reluctance now. He can work with it, even if he doesn't like it. ] I'll stop asking about it.
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Laphicet says he'll drop the subject, yet 9S can't help but press it further for himself, after a moment of consideration. ]
I'm not human, so why's it wrong that I don't have a name like them?
[ He sounds genuinely curious, if nothing else. ]
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[ Well, he's already bracing himself to be told his thoughts are incorrect. Regardless, it won't change his feelings on what's alive and what's not. ]
You might not be human, but you're alive in the sense that you have emotions. I say you deserve a name just as much as people do.
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He still can't bring himself to put the likes of him on the same level of humanity, regardless of how he feels about his programming lately. Yet people still try, despite all the protesting he's already done; this is hardly a new scenario for him. It doesn't make any more sense why everyone wants to think he's more human than he actually is, though.
Unlike 2B, 9S doesn't quite argue it. Not now, when they're already leaving from a mess of butting heads. Instead, he lets the words settle before eventually responding. ]
People I knew well back where I'm from called me Nines. [ It's... still a number, technically, but also very much a nickname. ] You can call me that, if you want.
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[ A soft, thoughtful murmur comes across the communicator as Laphicet repeats the nickname to himself. Yeah, it still sounds like a number when spoken. "Nines" might only be a small step above "9S". When he thinks about it though, it starts to look and sound closer to being a name when you write it out with letters.
...What would 2B be? Two- Bee? That's kind of adorable. No, she might think it's weird. He quietly scolds himself, betting 2B would want a cool name. Back to 9S though, before he can let himself be carried away with his sudden childish thinking.]
Yeah, you're Nines. Nines is Nines!
[ A moment ago, he sounded in low spirits. But now he sounds elated as he makes the proclamation. Nines is Nines, just like 2B is 2B. Not tools. But their own person, is what Laphicet views them as anyway. ]