Deviant Behavior (Connor x Reader)

Beyond Good and Evil

"I've been waiting for you to wake up all morning. I think it's this one!"

You blinked rapidly, still waking up.

"Let's see..." You took it from him.

"Well?" He popped his head over the edge of the book, eagerly awaiting your response, "Did I pass the test, Officer...I mean-" He cleared his throat before reciting your first name.

"Just hang on a sec." You chuckled.

It was "Beyond Good and Evil," written by Friedrich Nietzsche.

"Why do you think this is the one Manfred based his painting on?"

"I used the information I compiled on you as a foundation to build my hypothesis."

"Compiled...information?"

"Based on our discussion last night, and your behavioral tendencies, I was able to construct a psychological profile to cross-reference with the reading material."

If he had a tail, it'd be wagging.  But he didn't.  Just a lopsided grin and a face that said he wanted nothing more than to be right; to make you proud.

"I want to hear more about this 'psychological profile...'"

"Wait..." He frowned, "But I want to know if I was correct.  Please, tell me."

"Yes, you're correct..." You ran your fingertips down the page, caressing each word that you've read hundreds of times, "This is the right one."

"I knew it!" He muted a shout with grit teeth.

He was so...happy.  Ecstatic, even.

"This is...incredible."  You looked up at him, "Connor, do you know what this means?"

His head cocked to the side, "That you share the same psychological profile as Friedrich Nietzsche?"

"No, silly..." You smiled at him, awestruck, "You've proven that androids are capable of abstract thought.  Thinking outside the borders of..."

Something clicked.  Something ground-breaking and game-changing and-

"Connor...what do you know about deviancy?"

"Do you mean how it occurs?"

"Yeah, that."

He gave you a curious look, "We believe that a mutation occurs in the software of some androids, which can lead to them emulating a human emotion.  They don't really feel emotions, they just get overwhelmed by irrational instructions, which can lead to unpredictable behavior."

"'Unpredictable behavior...'" You flicked through the pages, stopping at one, in particular.

You read a paragraph out loud, "'What else are they but suggestions for behavior, adapted to the degree of danger from themselves in which the individuals live...and would like to play the master.'"

You paused, hearing the deviant from the interrogation whisper in your mind.

"We.  Will. Be...The masters."

"Connor..."

"Yes?"

"When you say unpredictable behavior...Would you also say that deviants exhibit...human, behavior?"

"Tracking deviants does require a certain amount of finesse; like how officers of the law, such as yourself, must think like a criminal to hunt a criminal." The corners of his eyelids crinkled, his lips curving, "Fortunately, adapting to human unpredictability is one of my features."