"Maybe for the better." They don't know. They can't know unless they do something about it.
When he has his hand back he pickpockets K's phone, though, and changes his screenname as they walk, well aware K will see him doing it. Names change things and he noticed they both changed theirs back to default.
K watches, but makes no move to stop him or take it back. Just peers curiously at the screen, waiting patiently to be handed it back.
"If you told anyone in Los Angeles that you loved a replicant - if you meant it - you'd be charged with a misdemeanor. If you tried to do anything about it, it could be a felony." Just so Jesus knows why it's so strange for K to hear, to know.
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Date: 2023-04-04 02:32 am (UTC)But he can't help but smile a little at the mention of a koan, even if it doesn't last longer than the top of the hill.
"Names change things. Maybe it will change this."
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Date: 2023-04-04 02:35 am (UTC)When he has his hand back he pickpockets K's phone, though, and changes his screenname as they walk, well aware K will see him doing it. Names change things and he noticed they both changed theirs back to default.
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Date: 2023-04-04 02:53 am (UTC)"If you told anyone in Los Angeles that you loved a replicant - if you meant it - you'd be charged with a misdemeanor. If you tried to do anything about it, it could be a felony." Just so Jesus knows why it's so strange for K to hear, to know.
"What are we, to you?"
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Date: 2023-04-04 03:00 am (UTC)"You're my lover." And the word has extra weight when the 'love' is actually meant. "You're special to me. What word do you want to use?"
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Date: 2023-04-04 03:39 am (UTC)"I don't even know what the options are. Or how much we'd even want to risk changing what... Is."