Even a robot needs time to think.

[thezerothlaw]

Who: Daneel and whoever happens by.
Where: The fountain in the town square.
When: Day 30, in the morning.
What: Daneel is pensive. That's allowed.


It had been thirty days since he'd arrived here, and Daneel still had no idea of what was going on, why he or anyone else was here, or even how they'd arrived. He had a vague notion that partner Elijah would have done better -- of course Elijah would have done better. The problem was there wasn't exactly anyone to question. The passage of time didn't trouble him -- what was thirty days added onto twenty decades of existence? -- but still, he felt some small sense of failure, for not knowing more than he did, and for not being able to do more than he could to protect those who were here.

This morning, Daneel was outside, and he was looking up at the fountain statue rather pensively. Idle walks were not something he did, and he certainly didn't need to refresh his memory as to any of the details of his surroundings, but he was accustomed to doing rounds to check that all was well, and sometimes he felt it necessary to do so here, as well, where danger was a far more concrete thing.

Comments

[thezerothlaw]

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Logan. You're correct, of course, though I was referring to immediate danger rather than our situation in the general sense."

Someone else might have smiled a little at that. Daneel didn't, his expression unchanging.

"I admit to some pleasure that the threat of aggressive large carnivores seems to have passed."

[plaidsamurai]

Logan shrugs a little. "They weren't all that bad," In fact he might have kept one... or two, and he was fairly certain other people might have as well.

"It's a little early for safety patrols and fountain watchin' don't you think?" He asks, still squinting.

[thezerothlaw]

"Perhaps it is, though I'm not sure the hour has much to do with the potential for danger. I have no need of sleep, so I intend to make myself as useful as possible."

Someone human might shrug there. Daneel doesn't; he just says it, looking politely at Logan.

[plaidsamurai]

Lucky. [He grumbles a little and runs a hand through his messy hair.] I'm guessin' you don't get hangovers either?

[thezerothlaw]

"I have no need to either eat or drink, so it isn't possible for me to suffer ill-effects from overindulgence."

Daneel is aware he needs to explain himself properly. Better to be honest about these things. "I am not human, but a humaniform robot. There are a number of biological functions that I don't possess."

[plaidsamurai]

[ooc: I'm apparently horrible and just went from log to action-spam. so sorry -_-]

"Overindulgence," Logan repeated with a half snarl. "I'm not in the mood for yer robot sass. Got it?"

He moved his hand from scratching through his hair to rubbing through his sideburns and half stifles a yawn. "I ain't human either. Dunno how I can heal from a god damn bullet wound, but I can't handle a hangover," He grumbled.

[thezerothlaw]

[Hey, no worries.]

Daneel is just slightly drawn aback by Logan's reaction. "I apologise. I meant no disrespect, sir. It was merely meant as a statement of fact."

That he says he isn't human is... interesting. He wouldn't have guessed that, not at all. Daneel... doesn't really know how to deal with people who look human, seem human, act human, but aren't. "If I may ask, if you're not human, what precisely are you?"

[plaidsamurai]

Logan waves away Daneel's apology dismissively, not really that offended in the first place. He's always grumpy in the mornings and a morning after night of drinking just makes him that much more irritable.

He glances over at Daneel, eyes narrowed. Why couldn't he just keep his mouth shut for two minutes?

"Uh, mutant. Evolved human."

[thezerothlaw]

Daneel considers this. It seems to him that that's still close enough to human to count as such, at least as far as the Laws go, which is his main concern. He has a lot of questions. He'll have to think about this.

"I see. I wasn't aware of such a phenomenon." He files the information away, and he'll remember it.