( it's the disorientation and dizziness muddling into a blurriness of vision that all comes together to have 4 hesitating to answer. not out of stubbornness but out of sheer discomfort. his head is swimming. as it is, medicine pocket seems to have moved on from the question to talking to themself again, which in its own way is a kind of relief.
no sound, but 4's body jerks when the scalpel is pulled out. he blinks, trying to get his vision to focus, not quite successful, faintly turning his head only to feel hands on either side of it hold him in place. the feeling of medicine's face this close is hardly his biggest concern, but the sniffing is an action so utterly unexpected that 4 finds himself confused again all over.
the confusion is enough to put him off kilter enough to answer shakily, )
— ah...permet. An element. This body ... ( there are hesitations in his speech, because focusing is still a bit difficult, but he adds, still fairly calm and quiet,)...is infused with it.
( but it's largely dormant if it's not in a 'body' whether that's a human body or a piece of technology to catalyze its uses. certainly there are exceptions, but in 4's case, the blood that drips from his neck and the blood pulled into a syringe earlier will not exhibit any of the iridescent resonance.
because he's weaker than before, when he lifts a hand to try and just push medicine off it's entirely negligible but 4 is having a hard time feeling his limbs enough to tell. )
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no sound, but 4's body jerks when the scalpel is pulled out. he blinks, trying to get his vision to focus, not quite successful, faintly turning his head only to feel hands on either side of it hold him in place. the feeling of medicine's face this close is hardly his biggest concern, but the sniffing is an action so utterly unexpected that 4 finds himself confused again all over.
the confusion is enough to put him off kilter enough to answer shakily, )
— ah...permet. An element. This body ... ( there are hesitations in his speech, because focusing is still a bit difficult, but he adds, still fairly calm and quiet,)...is infused with it.
( but it's largely dormant if it's not in a 'body' whether that's a human body or a piece of technology to catalyze its uses. certainly there are exceptions, but in 4's case, the blood that drips from his neck and the blood pulled into a syringe earlier will not exhibit any of the iridescent resonance.
because he's weaker than before, when he lifts a hand to try and just push medicine off it's entirely negligible but 4 is having a hard time feeling his limbs enough to tell. )