Aniki ~Part Two
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[pov = "nobuhiko"]
[PART TWO ACTIVATED~]
Signal is my older brother, no matter what you say.
I've heard it all before. "You're a kid. Signal's just a
robot. If you didn't like him, you could shut him down, throw him in a junk
heap, and get a new one made. After all, your father and grandfather are robot
experts…"
I don't want to shut him down. Ever. I care about Signal –
even when we're arguing over chores, or over Elara, or when he transforms into
Chibi-Signal and wants chocolate.
"Signal's malfunctioning, then. It's an unwanted action."
Chibi's usually more helpful than regular Signal, though,
so nobody really minds.
Besides. There are times when I wonder. Does he feel and
believe? Wish and hope? For him, "How are you functioning?" means "How are you
today, Signal?". He doesn't want to clean, doesn't like it when I sneeze, and
doesn't want to put me in danger.
He didn't even want to fight Pulse if he didn't have to.
As he is my older brother, Pulse is his older brother.
Or is everything about my new big brother programmed? I
should ask Signal that. It'd be… a sort of test… but my thinking would be the
same.
I know Signal's my big brother, and he knows it too.