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[Zealous]

The creature tilts her head and watches them. She exudes power. The small being brushes her hand and removes Echo's wall watching Echo and Zealous huddled together. Zealous was shaking with fear, "Calm yourself, I am not here to hurt you. Fine fix is the wrong word, I can give you feelings, allow you to know what her touch feels like, allow you to feel love... and Zealous I can give you six months without breaking down. Does this sound fair to the two of you?" She asks. Zealous stays where Echo had pulled her afraid to move.

[Echo]

The god of science didn't know what to say. He still had Zealous huddled underneath him like he was her coat of armor. "Unknown input. How do I proceed?", Echo returned the question to Zealous who was the only thing closest to Jakyb at the moment. The wall may have disintegrated but he still kept his sensors focused on the being's location.

[Zealous]

Zealous stays with Echo thinking it over, "Everything in me says that having emotion makes you more balanced, but... do you want feelings Echo?" She asks. The girl taps her foot.

[Echo]

"I do not require emotions...but I have been wondering how others interact with the world. I am sentient, yet I lack that which is essential for biologicals. This is not to say that I'm incomplete, but I am merely absent of an outlook not yet recorded. For science I will approach this new frontier...and you may assist, if temporarily, with the maintenance of my schematics". Echo's tone lowered when he was referring to Zealous. He maintained a steady gaze with the intruder to his lab trying to identify her.

[Zealous]

Zealous holds close to Echo, he was her father as was Jakyb, she loved then both dearly and ran to them when she was afraid, now she knew she would never be perfect, why did Echo keep her around?

The creature looks at Zealous, "Because in his own way he does love you. He will not stay with emotions for long, but when they leave... I will leave the ability to love."

The creature snaps it's fingers and a mixture of compounds meld with Echo granting him emotions and the ability to feel Zealous touching him and shaking in fear. "Can you feel her fear of me?" She asks the master clockwork." Then she moves to Zealous. She presses the girls chest. Zealous completely short circuits dropping to the ground. The creature watches as Zealous struggles for every breath, the clockwork half of her not yet kicking in. One eye on Zealous wouldn't open, neither leg twitches and her heart was only doing half of a full beat. Zealous shows true fear in this moment. "Fix the clockwork bits and she will run smoothly for the time I mentioned earlier."

[Echo]

Echo felt something about his fundamentals shift. The world around him changed from pressure and observation based to the first time he had truly felt the temperature in the air around him. Zealous was included in this matter and at the first second realization of her clinging to him he jerked from surprise. His body though bound in metal slowly gave way to his synthetic human form; at 6'1" the god wasn't nearly as intimidating. His hands wandered over the side of her face, into her hair, and finally brushed again the Nekomimi's ears. All of his new ability to touch was excited by the idea of soft fur, and he dwelled on this for a minute much like a small child would with wonder in his eyes.

However, that duration of peace suddenly gave way to something darker when he heard the intruder speak and watched Zealous' body go limp. Mentally he tried to make sense of it like he always had but something was preventing that. A new piece had been inserted. It was a compound of slight fear for his creation and unbridled rage that built...and built. Before he could prevent himself, Echo snapped,"GET OUT!!". Everything in Nameless shook with this emotion that could bring down virtually anything, a long deep growl settling in the Clockwork's vocal box. He wasn't going to listen to what she had to say. If she wasn't going to listen the first time around, Echo and Nameless would lunge at her.

[Zealous]

The creature vanishes, leaving Echo and Zealous alone. Zealous looks up at her creator, "Heart... shutting down... all... clockwork... peices... malfunctioning... emotion... Zealous feels fear... and pain. It hurts." She reaches up for him before being forced to return to her kitten form. Now only Echo or Jakyb could turn her back to work on her.

[Echo]

The god of science let out a sigh from being flustered, leaving Zealous' side for only a moment before he returned with a handful of tools. He was firmly determined and focused on repairing the half broken girl, his mind still dealing with the hostility he had expressed and it didn't seem like it was going to taper off very easily. With some specific pressure points he was able to revert Zealous so that he could work on her internally, pausing to monitor her vitals every so often as he did so.

[Zealous]

Zealous looks at him, "Daddy... do you think she was trying to kill me?" She asks her her falling. She was so tired.

[Echo]

"Yes", Echo admitted matter-of-factly, a spike of fear entering his tone though he pushed past it. Everything in him was still on edge, but he couldn't tell how his newly found emotions were going to affect him. The clockwork god viewed Zealous and very focused on her said," I will protect you...because that is one of my functions". Continuing his surgery on the nekomimi, Echo worked quickly to get everything in order. In little time the repairing was complete. Pride turned his gadgets as he saw his creation become tired.

[Zealous]

Zealous felt happy when she was all fixed up. She holds onto Echo, "Daddy if you end up not liking them I can help."

[Echo]

"Thank you, Zealous", he stated appreciatively appearing like he didn't need help--at least not at this very moment. The ruined clockwork from earlier was still in need of cleaning up. As if programmed this was what Echo set out to do, finishing the process he had started though more by hand now; as he stated the metal portions were to be smelted and recycled, and the rest discarded. Most of the body was composed of human organs and tissues and unfortunately they tended become necrotic once the host was no longer functioning properly. "You may leave, if you desire it. I have more...progress to be made". It was a truth, there was little down time for the never- tiring god; failed projects had to be rewritten, prototyped, and then created. Constantly. Echo didn't feel complete otherwise.