"Mphf-"
He wrapped his arms around Xada, trembling
???: "Are you fucking kidding me...this is MY house, asshat! And he's MY lovebot. If I wanna overload his system, I overload his system. If I wanna hurt him? I hurt him. AND YOU-"
He was practically spitting, face red
???: "YOU are supposed to obey orders. You're supposed to be SERENE, and PASSIVE, and OBEDIENT! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PERFECT! ....We're going to fix this. We're going to reset you, and then we'll start all over again. Things'll go right back to the way they were. You can be perfect again...don't you want that AEL? Don't you want to make me happy....come here AEL. Come on-"
He held out his hand.
"........NO!"
He screamed it out, and the silence that echoed around him afterwards was nearly deafening. He was a bot. And he had said no.