Prompt: First Time
Characters: Bob and Professor Matrix (Enzo and Dot's father)
Bob shifted nervously, his hand hanging awkwardly in mid-air. Its not that he wanted to touch the nulls that formed Dot's dad's hand exactly, but-
It gets even more awkward when all Dot's father does is stare (or Bob thinks it stares. Having nulls for a head makes facial features non-existant).
"Hello. I'm Bob. I've heard a lot about you."
The thing continues to stare and after a moment a mushy sort of voice comes out. "I've never heard of you."
And what do you say to that? The null-man, surprisingly, seems just as uncomfortable with the silence, because it starts in on the small talk. "That's my son, Enzo, over there, you know."
Not Matrix, but Enzo. Bob wonders who he would have pointed to.
"Yeah," he says.
"You know him?" it asks, surprised.
A copy downloaded less than two minutes ago?
"No, but- he reminds me of someone I used know."