divus | GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

Oh, um...ten, I guess. That's how old my body is.

[ oh that is very Child ]

... do you guys age after you ascend?

I don't know--but I know that I won't. I'm stuck the same age no matter what.

... like Merriment?

[ justice are you a spirit who knows the easter bunny too ]

Yeah, kind of...it's not exactly the same, but it's definitely something that helps us relate to each other.

...

What are you then?

I'm...a machine.

You mean... like Connor and Ava?

Yeah...almost exactly like them, actually.

[ huh ]

But not from the same place as either of them?

[He shakes his head.]

And more than that, we're...the opposite, in a way. I talked to them as soon as I could, because I wanted to know more about them, so I could learn more about myself, too. They both knew what they were, always, from the start.

[He looks at his hands, flexing his fingers.]

But I didn't know. I didn't have anyone to tell me that I was a machine, created by someone for a purpose. As far as I knew, I was as human as anyone else.

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[ ... well that's depressing.

he can see why else merriment is so protective. ]

Oh. How'd you find out?

Well...

[Justice goes quiet, his voice lowering to a whisper.]

My head...it fell off.

[ what ]

... it won't fall off now right.

There's a code that releases it. I just didn't realize what would happen the first time so...I was scared.

[ yeah that must have been

terrifying for a kid. or anyone, really, but especially a child ]

.... you weren't by yourself, were you?

I was with one other person--it was the person who had made me, so he knew...knew exactly what was going to happen. He just watched.

[ oh ]

... what a fucking asshole.

Yeah...I don't like him very much. He was a bad person and...I'm glad that I disappeared from that place.

[Justice pauses again.]

You don't...think it's scary, do you? That I'm not--never was a human? I keep being afraid that the more people know, the more they'll hate me.

That kind of thing doesn't exist where I'm from, so it took a while to get used to, but...it can be cool, right? Androids are in movies and stuff.

[ he scratches the back of his head awkwardly ]

And people don't hate Connor, right?

I-I think...I think Connor's amazing.

[But, being robotic, Justice may be biased.]

I still have a hard time knowing how to act, but...I want to keep learning.

If you're meant to be a kid, then that's normal. Most people don't know what the hell they're doing at that age.

[ please stop cursing in front of the child i beg you ]

So don't sweat it too much.

When did you find out what you were doing? Or...what you wanted?

[ taka is stupidly smart even when he was a toddler so he is potentially not the right person to ask ]

... it's a little different from me. My dad's a detective, so I just ended up going with what he did.

Yeah? Do you like being a detective?

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