The Spider of Rubicon (Reader x Armored Core 6)

Chapter 19: ..-. .-. . . / ..-. .-. --- -- / -.-. .... .- .. -. ...

You then quietly walked uo behind the woman before giving a slight tug on her strange looking lab coat...

???: hmm?- AH!- what the hell!- you can walk already!?

She jumped up in fright while looking at you with a wide eyed expression.

???: w-what the...it usually takes 8 days for them to learn how to walk...Unit-99...can you do a diagnostic check on your self-

You felt your body tingle as your peripheral ran through several checks...but with your confusion and unwillingness to Overload yourself...you just..."trusted your gut" ... some how knowing your mechanical body, just...fine...

Y/N: no...I'm fine...

The woman...who had a shocked expression before now raised an eyebrow in confusion...

???: "no"- w-wait...did you just disobey a direct order from a human?

Confused, and now feeling a wave of awkwardness between the both of you...leaving you to...well...look at the right arm you had...neat!

???: you did!- didn't you!!!

You looked up to her slightly...expecting some sort of punishment...but it never came...inste-

???: T-this...*clenched fist* IS AMAZING!!!!

You flinched out of instinct...w-wait...machines have instincts?
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In anycase, you flinched...

Y/N: y-your not...angered?

???: "angered"?- why the hell would be mad!? I'm a programing guine that is talking to an AI that is built to pilot an old institute frame as a guard for trade routes!...and now one is showing signs of individualism!?- this is great-...I wonder what triggered it...?

Without warning she picked you up like a big teddy bear before holding you close while walking through a strange white room...
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For some reason you could feel your face heat up as your head was...u-uh...in her chest...but either way, she carried you without a care before setting you down uptop a smaller metal work table. Next to the work bench however, stood several monitors and screens with thousands of jumbled tabs within each display...it really didn't take you long to realize that this was a very quick, but very disorganized person...
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???: ok, ok, hold still for me...

Once again she plugged a cord to the back of your head before looking back to her screen...

???: OH!!!...HA HA! Sorry 9...ok so the AI chillin in that little file in your head? I accidentally stuffed my entire music collection in there!- HAHA! I have several thousands audio, synthetic, and emotion based ques in there...so maybe that's what-...hmmm~

She hummed in amusement before looking at you with a grin...

???: looks like 9-Ball isn't fully installed yet...but...with your lack of foundation coding, and the little extra I've added...looks like you have full access to the way more complicated coding I've lock!...and therefore...*chuckle* let me ask you this...Unit-99..."are you real?"

You looked at her dumbfounded at the low IQ question...but at the same time...

Y/N: I-i...I don't know...

You felt conflicted...

???: that's ok bud...take your time...

She waited in anticipation with a smile.

Y/N: w-well...I can feel...I can-...I can taste the stale air in here...I can smell...the old containers of food that hasn't been put away...a-and...and i-