In fact he was doing the exact opposite. Trying to appear less tall and imposing, seeming aware of how intimidating he could be simply by existing and trying to mitigate it through whatever means necessary. Appreciative of her consideration; while he was doing much better for more water, he was still a bit unsteady on his feet yet; balance sensors re-calibrating on the fly after so long kept down. Stepping away from the mess once Furiosa had finished clearing his way, tilting his head thoughtfully with a small puff of steam from between his lips in a facsimile of a sigh.
"Can't say I know what I want to do yet... but that can be worried about later. As far as fluids go, I should be okay on oil but it never hurts to check. That and filters, I was about due for that check when Bolts went MIA." There were crueler ways to talk about inner workings and to be fair he needed to be frank about them if he was going to get what assistance he might need. Either way he appreciated the fact that she'd left it up to him instead of just deciding it needed doing.
"Not as ugly as it could be from what I know about him. Mostly a case of 'if I can't have it no-one can' topped with a egocentric certainty that I'd come around to his way of thinking." Likely not even realizing he'd referred to himself as an object even in that casual sense- it was an issue that without family around to correct him on, he would often slip back into. Plenty of issues there even before Joe had gotten his hands on the bot.
It wasn't the first time military men had laid claim to him after all.
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Date: 2016-08-01 09:48 pm (UTC)"Can't say I know what I want to do yet... but that can be worried about later. As far as fluids go, I should be okay on oil but it never hurts to check. That and filters, I was about due for that check when Bolts went MIA." There were crueler ways to talk about inner workings and to be fair he needed to be frank about them if he was going to get what assistance he might need. Either way he appreciated the fact that she'd left it up to him instead of just deciding it needed doing.
"Not as ugly as it could be from what I know about him. Mostly a case of 'if I can't have it no-one can' topped with a egocentric certainty that I'd come around to his way of thinking." Likely not even realizing he'd referred to himself as an object even in that casual sense- it was an issue that without family around to correct him on, he would often slip back into. Plenty of issues there even before Joe had gotten his hands on the bot.
It wasn't the first time military men had laid claim to him after all.