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“I heard what happened” addy said, her voice almost gentle
Ryan glared at her and said nothing, sinking further into his seat.
“How is A? Recovering well?”
“He’s recovering amazingly considering what you people did to him” Ryan practically spat
She sighed “I didn't approve of it, you know. I would have had you both punished in..a far less bloody manner”
“Wow, what a fucking saint you are” he said sarcastically
“Your behavior had to be addressed, you know that”
“Which behavior exactly? The part where we kissed or just the part where I told him I loved him? Is all love illegal in your nice little utopia or is it only a problem when we do it?”
“B.”
“Is it ‘cause we’re gay? Damn addy, I didn’t think you were the type”
She set down her clip board and looked at him “let’s start with your biggest sin, shall we, B? A has the mental state of a child. Coercing it into kissing you was a gross abuse of power, even for you ”
Ryan was stunned by that statement. He stared at her for a moment “..what the fuck do you mean by that?”
“What? That you coerced it?”
“We’re both adults, addy. Just because you treat him like a kid doesn’t mean he is one”
She clicked her nails on the table “let’s see, hmmm…it forms emotional attachments to stuffed animals, it’s extremely trusting and easy to manipulate, it throws tantrums when things don’t go it’s way-“
“They’re not tantrums you fucking-“
“-it’s slow to understand new concepts..oh! Afraid of the dark too”
“What’s your point?”
“B, be honest with yourself. Does that sound to you like an adult or a child?”
“Dallon is capable of making his own damn decisions.” Ryan said simply
“So it’s just a coincidence that all of Subject A’s decisions happen to align with your decisions?”
“That’s not-“
“Your taking advantage of him, admit it to yourself”
“No! This is fucking insane, he kissed me -“
“Yes, that’s correct. It kissed you. After you told it you loved it, promised it you were going to save it from us-“
“Just shut up!” Ryan shouted, his face now red
“Oh, I’m sorry. Am I upsetting you?”
“Why do you care about this so fucking much?”
“I want you to admit it to yourself, dear.”
“Admit what.”
“You don’t want a partner, B, you want a dog. Something you can control that will love you unconditionally, Even if you don’t love it.”
Ryan breathed, attempting to keep his anger at bay “your sick, did you know that?”
“I’m just trying to get you to acknowledge reality. You don’t honestly see it as a person, do you?”
“He is a person!”
“And the next sin of course, convincing it that things like you even feel love”
“ Things like me?”
“You're a selfish creature, B. I think love is a bit too complex for something like you. And A on the other hand..the emotion it calls love I think I’d categorize as obsession, maybe devotion even”
Ryan swallowed, addy was a liar, he reminded himself.
“It’s pathetic how loyal you’ve made it, it follows you around like your its owner. And then you go and tell it you love it? you let it kiss you? Do you know how confusing that must be for it?”
Addy’s a liar, addy’s a liar.
“Nothing to say, B?”
“Fuck you”
She sighed, picking her clipboard up and scribbling something “predictable.”