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[sixwayheart]

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[When Heart isn't busy doing other things such as stalking doting on Lilly or breaking into Red's house or whatever, he preferred hang-out spot has become Kat's Kradle, mostly so that she can oogle be around the very handsome... manager. She's too shy to actually strike up conversation, of course. But... Um. She should do

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[slaying]

[Well. This could be awkward. Buffy might have been avoiding Heart since the robot revelation--or maybe she was just avoiding everyone because of the experiment. It's hard to say.

But in a looped, girlish hand:] Looking for something for a special someone kind of gentleman?

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[slaying]

Do any of the rest know?

[She scribbles out that question and sits back, staring hard at the journal. It isn't fair. It keeps not being fair. Even as she writes the cool, unemotional questions in an officious script, Buffy knows that she isn't giving Heart due care. She had seemed so vibrant on the day they first met--by comparison, April and (especially) the Buffybot were so obviously robots. They way they spoke and acted. Whoever had made Heart had put a great deal more effort into it. It helps that they probably were not college age evil delinquents.

It takes her a moment, but she gently tacks on in a softer hand:] I think I don't mind, Heart--or, I think I can be okay with it.

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[sixwayheart]

[Heart, however, as a photographic memory. No, they aren't. But she also doesn't see a problem with it. After all, she just is what she is, right? She smiles a bit when Buff says that-] Well I sure hoped that was going to be the case, Sarge. I was looking forward to some more lessons courtesy of my pal Buffy and I wouldn't have wanted some smell to get in the way of things. Guess I might need to invest in some blood packets next time.

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[slaying]

The lack of real blood was probably a good thing, in that instance. Spike'd find you less tasty. And that is definitely of the good.

[The return of the Sarge nickname warms her back up to the conversation. Buffy decides she is going to give the girl the benefit of the doubt.] You should pop into Good Spirits sometime, on a quiet night. It'd be nice to talk about this.

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[sixwayheart]

Does tonight count for a quiet one? After all, not quite night yet so it could be a regular rock concert without me knowing.

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[slaying]

Tonight definitely counts. [Pause.] And if they get rowdy? I'll just glare at them until they shut up. It's been mostly pretty effective, so far.

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[sixwayheart]

You tell them, Buff. You might not have the height but when it comes to the glare and the fierce? Gotta say, you're the queen of it if that bit with the vampire was any indication.

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[slaying]

Spike's a special case. But--yeah, not all of us can be giants. And when we're not, we gotta compensate somehow.

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[sixwayheart]

Guess I just got lucky on the production line. [there's a little squiggle here before-] Course, that might be cheating seeing as how you needed to play the genetic raffle to determine what became of you.

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[slaying]

So--while we're on the subject. Does being a robot come with any fun supertastic abilities?

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[sixwayheart]

Nothing special, really. Nothing like what you see in movies and such, I'm afraid. No chainsaws in these arms.

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[slaying]

Well, that's comforting. [Chainsaw hands sound terrifying.]

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[sixwayheart]

[Heart thinks they sound charming, which is why-] What, would you have preferred me with some in-built laser-eyes?

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[slaying]

Or maybe some kind of internet hook-up, at least.

[And there's a little smiley-face drawn in. She's joking.]

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[sixwayheart]

Well, nope. Afraid nothing as fancy as that, I need to use a phone like anyone else.

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[slaying]

So...do you have to plug into the wall at night?

[These questions are actually easier to ask by writing them down. For once, Buffy's thankful for not voicing her words.]