I wanted control of myself. The things that come naturally to part of me, the illusions, the ...mental manipulations, they wouldn't just go away or stop being a risk if I tried to pretend they weren't there. It'd just mean I didn't get to choose when it happened.
[Every one of them was a mess, but what could be done about it except try to mitigate harm?]
Maybe kind of like what you regular SOLDIERs go through learning to not rip doors off their hinges instead of turning the knob. If you don't practice, you're going to destroy a lot of doors.
Oh, there's automatic doors now? We still have normal ones. Some say push or pull but there's always someone who doesn't bother to read. Automatic doors would.. probably save a lot of money, huh.
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Date: 2025-10-13 02:11 am (UTC)[Every one of them was a mess, but what could be done about it except try to mitigate harm?]
Maybe kind of like what you regular SOLDIERs go through learning to not rip doors off their hinges instead of turning the knob. If you don't practice, you're going to destroy a lot of doors.
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Date: 2025-10-13 02:26 am (UTC)Is that why the whole SOLDIER floor has automatic doors!?
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Date: 2025-10-13 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-10-14 03:34 am (UTC)[Stupid bazillionaire gil-pinchers. Somehow he hates them even more than usual now.]