[For a long time after Alucard answers, D is quiet. He walks on, still not hurried, thinking. It’s not technically his business. Getting the job done has nothing to do with helping the uninvolved civilians.
But humans are humans, and D has a soft spot for them most of the time.
Down the next street, D pauses to duck through the door of a small place squeezed between the two other buildings. A bent, cageless fan spins agonizingly slow on the counter, puffing on an old, leather-skinned woman with white hair. She peers, eyes squinted, at the two peculiar figures, then she returns to her work. The counter by her hands is littered with machine parts and wires and digital boards. Her work is diligent because each of her fingers are augmented filanges.]
I would like to buy your converter and a power core.
[Without looking up, the woman names her price. It isn’t steep, but it’s also not incredibly cheap. D carefully places two stiff, plastic cards on the counter and moves to retrieve both items.]
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But humans are humans, and D has a soft spot for them most of the time.
Down the next street, D pauses to duck through the door of a small place squeezed between the two other buildings. A bent, cageless fan spins agonizingly slow on the counter, puffing on an old, leather-skinned woman with white hair. She peers, eyes squinted, at the two peculiar figures, then she returns to her work. The counter by her hands is littered with machine parts and wires and digital boards. Her work is diligent because each of her fingers are augmented filanges.]
I would like to buy your converter and a power core.
[Without looking up, the woman names her price. It isn’t steep, but it’s also not incredibly cheap. D carefully places two stiff, plastic cards on the counter and moves to retrieve both items.]