[He should be alarmed, maybe, at how easily he falls into the pattern of it, reading the words that Maine says without really saying them. Only he never needed instruction to decode the Meta's body language, either - ]
[He wrenches the thought in two before it can develop any further. Focus on the task at hand, Agent. He was good at that. Good at showing up with his orders and an assault rifle and doing his goddamn job without any distractions, or personal hang-ups, or fits of competitive frenzy.]
All right, what've we got here? I don't think we can stand on each other's shoulders when we're linked like this.
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[He should be alarmed, maybe, at how easily he falls into the pattern of it, reading the words that Maine says without really saying them. Only he never needed instruction to decode the Meta's body language, either - ]
[He wrenches the thought in two before it can develop any further. Focus on the task at hand, Agent. He was good at that. Good at showing up with his orders and an assault rifle and doing his goddamn job without any distractions, or personal hang-ups, or fits of competitive frenzy.]
All right, what've we got here? I don't think we can stand on each other's shoulders when we're linked like this.