Peter's used to infodumping himself, so he's able to keep up. If this man is going to give him his full attention, the least he can do is reciprocate. So he listens and doesn't interrupt — May taught him manners, okay! — and absorbs what he can.
"Whoa, that's a lot. Um. Thank you."
Atomight is a hero, sure, but lots of people are heroes. It means so many different things, doesn't it? He doesn't trust the Alliance and he doesn't trust the Society either, but he doesn't want to be a public scapegoat again. That's what all this is really about for him.
He files away the thought that Mechanima and Atomight are actually friends?? for later. And also about 800 questions about how Mechanima's tech works because holy shit that drinking coffee through glass thing is next level.
He does scroll through the file Mechanima sent. Man, he's going to have to up his game to make sure people with powers like this can't get into his tech. He's only been a technopath for like half a year, so he's at a disadvantage against Mechanima. He hates even thinking of it like that.
"I can follow rules," he says, which is…true, technically. "But mostly, I guess…I just want to exist, you know? I didn't ask to be here and I didn't ask to suddenly know how to talk to computers. And, I dunno, maybe I don't wanna be poor forever. But I'm not a villain or anything. I'm just some guy."
That's true and isn't; he is a hero and even if he joins up with the Bad Guystm, he'll still be one. He just doesn't want who he is to be public knowledge again ever if he can help it.
"You said you'd been watching me. And, look, I'm really sorry about that whole thing with the power stealing AI. We had no idea what we'd find chasing that rumour for Eddie's blog or whatever." He is sorry. That was a nightmare. He gets why they have to regulate people with powers. He's not sure the Sokovia Accords were the right thing to do, and he's not sure the Godfall Protocol here is "right" either. But sometimes there's not really a right answer. There's just a less terrible one. Not murdering people who don't wanna join guilds is a good start.
He also files away this bit of Atomight info. He's only very briefly interacted with the man, but maybe it's time to do that again. Soon. Eventually.
"Mandatory? Like I don't actually have a choice, except no one's made me join yet?"
He hates that, thanks!
"I don't want everyone to hate metas. I don't want them to be afraid of us. And I don't want the government choking us all just because of that fear. That doesn't lead anywhere good. This isn't my world, but I have to live in it somehow. I guess I know I should join a Guild, but I feel like the Society makes it easier to…exist quietly. Right?"
Of course he also latches onto something that's been on his mind since the simulation. He hasn't shaken it. He can't.
"Oh, by the way, Starstruck," he says before he thinks better of it. "I…want to know what really happened to Starstruck. I know what they showed in the simulation, what he…did, what he experienced. But I feel like there's more to it than that. Can you tell me anything about him? There was something about Eclipse, but not much."
It's a gamble, he thinks, straight up asking this dude who is probably a villain to tell him the truth about what the big guys are hiding. But if Mechanima won't tell him, maybe he can still get a lead. Maybe joining the Society gives him better access to anything. Starstruck. The truth of this world. Higher tech for his suit without spending Otto's money on it.
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Date: 2022-10-13 06:22 pm (UTC)"Whoa, that's a lot. Um. Thank you."
Atomight is a hero, sure, but lots of people are heroes. It means so many different things, doesn't it? He doesn't trust the Alliance and he doesn't trust the Society either, but he doesn't want to be a public scapegoat again. That's what all this is really about for him.
He files away the thought that Mechanima and Atomight are actually friends?? for later. And also about 800 questions about how Mechanima's tech works because holy shit that drinking coffee through glass thing is next level.
He does scroll through the file Mechanima sent. Man, he's going to have to up his game to make sure people with powers like this can't get into his tech. He's only been a technopath for like half a year, so he's at a disadvantage against Mechanima. He hates even thinking of it like that.
"I can follow rules," he says, which is…true, technically. "But mostly, I guess…I just want to exist, you know? I didn't ask to be here and I didn't ask to suddenly know how to talk to computers. And, I dunno, maybe I don't wanna be poor forever. But I'm not a villain or anything. I'm just some guy."
That's true and isn't; he is a hero and even if he joins up with the Bad Guystm, he'll still be one. He just doesn't want who he is to be public knowledge again ever if he can help it.
"You said you'd been watching me. And, look, I'm really sorry about that whole thing with the power stealing AI. We had no idea what we'd find chasing that rumour for Eddie's blog or whatever." He is sorry. That was a nightmare. He gets why they have to regulate people with powers. He's not sure the Sokovia Accords were the right thing to do, and he's not sure the Godfall Protocol here is "right" either. But sometimes there's not really a right answer. There's just a less terrible one. Not murdering people who don't wanna join guilds is a good start.
He also files away this bit of Atomight info. He's only very briefly interacted with the man, but maybe it's time to do that again. Soon. Eventually.
"Mandatory? Like I don't actually have a choice, except no one's made me join yet?"
He hates that, thanks!
"I don't want everyone to hate metas. I don't want them to be afraid of us. And I don't want the government choking us all just because of that fear. That doesn't lead anywhere good. This isn't my world, but I have to live in it somehow. I guess I know I should join a Guild, but I feel like the Society makes it easier to…exist quietly. Right?"
Of course he also latches onto something that's been on his mind since the simulation. He hasn't shaken it. He can't.
"Oh, by the way, Starstruck," he says before he thinks better of it. "I…want to know what really happened to Starstruck. I know what they showed in the simulation, what he…did, what he experienced. But I feel like there's more to it than that. Can you tell me anything about him? There was something about Eclipse, but not much."
It's a gamble, he thinks, straight up asking this dude who is probably a villain to tell him the truth about what the big guys are hiding. But if Mechanima won't tell him, maybe he can still get a lead. Maybe joining the Society gives him better access to anything. Starstruck. The truth of this world. Higher tech for his suit without spending Otto's money on it.