"W-What happened!? How did Penoy catch the virus....ANSWER ME YOU DUMB BOTS!"
the bots ignored her
Adri: "Tell me Cinder...Pearl and I have been tested. Neither of us are sick-so then...where could she have gotten it from-"
"Y-you think I gave it to her? T-They just tested me-I-I'm not sick-"
Adri: "And yet you were in the market when the outbreak happened."
"B-But I didn't-"
Adri: "You're booth is almost directly across from that bakery!! I have been very accomodating of your-defects-but I will not have a liar in my house!!"
Cinder's eyes stung
"I-It's not my fault!! I didn't get her sick-I-I love her too-"
Adri: "HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU FAKE LOVE-Can your kind even feel love!? Or is it all just programmed-"
"....I'm still human Adri. Of course I love her-"
Adri: "Then shed a tear for her. Go on-"
"...T-That's not fair...."
"I-Iko no-d-d-on't-"
Her nostrils flared, holding her hand to her chest
???: "...If you will not follow orders, then you are useless to me. Prepare yourself-you will be sold off for parts tomorrow. I'd have Cinder take you apart herself-were she not leaving us...."
"W-W-Wait-Adri NO! D-Don't-p-please-s-she'll d-do what you say-g-go Iko-p-please-"
She was shaking, gripping her metal hand to her chest, legs on the verge of giving up-she couldn't lose Iko she COULDN'T-