[Taken more off guard by the shift in A.B.A's tone than the sudden, sharp movement of her talons, Shoka tenses but doesn't recoil. She wasn't even trying to strike any nerves for once!]
All right, take it easy—...
[And then, just like that—before she's even fully vocalized that thought—the tail-wagging and cooing is back. While Shoka couldn't care less what other people think of her, A.B.A seems embarrassingly desperate to be liked, all her talk of surpassing humans aside... Yet she clearly wasn't worried enough about Shoka not liking her to not to snap at her just a moment ago. Shoka has to wonder then if they ever let A.B.A out of that lab she was put together in.]
Look, you did me a favor, so—it's only fair. Don't make a big deal out of it or anything.
[She can sense that it's already too late for that. A.B.A strikes her as the type to make a big deal out of everything.
Apparently a bit uncomfortable under A.B.A's effusive praise and joy, Shoka hurriedly changes the subject.]
"His"... So you're telling me you really were just made by one guy? [At the risk of provoking another mood shift, she has to ask,] Didn't let you out much, did he?
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All right, take it easy—...
[And then, just like that—before she's even fully vocalized that thought—the tail-wagging and cooing is back. While Shoka couldn't care less what other people think of her, A.B.A seems embarrassingly desperate to be liked, all her talk of surpassing humans aside... Yet she clearly wasn't worried enough about Shoka not liking her to not to snap at her just a moment ago. Shoka has to wonder then if they ever let A.B.A out of that lab she was put together in.]
Look, you did me a favor, so—it's only fair. Don't make a big deal out of it or anything.
[She can sense that it's already too late for that. A.B.A strikes her as the type to make a big deal out of everything.
Apparently a bit uncomfortable under A.B.A's effusive praise and joy, Shoka hurriedly changes the subject.]
"His"... So you're telling me you really were just made by one guy? [At the risk of provoking another mood shift, she has to ask,] Didn't let you out much, did he?