[Hank should be a straightforward case. “Personal issues”, as Connor would call them, making the man cope in detrimental ways; he’s an android that does his research, of course, so he knows that it’s grief manifested, and that it’s blame, anger, and depression that informs a percentage of the man’s decisions and words.
Even so, he still finds himself confused by him. The remark is hard to parse — sarcasm? The gesture — patronizing or sincere? And the question — difficult to quantify. The cookie-cutter reply comes easily to him.]
Because keeping you happy results in you performing better at your job, and as a consequence, mine.
[(Of course, there’s only so far even Connor will go to be subservient. Sometimes the man just needs a slap in the face and to be dumped in the tub.)]
However, even if you don’t wish to directly respond to my question, I feel as if there is something that I need to clarify from earlier.
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Even so, he still finds himself confused by him. The remark is hard to parse — sarcasm? The gesture — patronizing or sincere? And the question — difficult to quantify. The cookie-cutter reply comes easily to him.]
Because keeping you happy results in you performing better at your job, and as a consequence, mine.
[(Of course, there’s only so far even Connor will go to be subservient. Sometimes the man just needs a slap in the face and to be dumped in the tub.)]
However, even if you don’t wish to directly respond to my question, I feel as if there is something that I need to clarify from earlier.