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1 " My poor, confused cyborg. I shouldn’t tease you like that. I belong to you, Joe. You and only you. I want no other.” A knot of tension eased inside him, and an exultant joy took its place. With no words to express himself, or at least not words he dared say aloud, he did the only thing he knew to show her how he felt. "
― Eve Langlais , C791 (Cyborgs: More Than Machines, #1)
2 " You’re crying for me?” He caught her hand and kissed the palm. “I love you, little one. I might not understand how to romance you, or convince you of this truth, but I feel it. It is the most uncomfortable sensation and, at the same time, the most glorious. "
3 " But I am horny now, and according to my neural processor, the definition of woo is to curry the favor of. I do not have the time to properly seek out items to please you. And you have already rejected my flattery. "
4 " I don’t suppose you’d open up and let me take a sample?” she asked, her tone already resigned. “I have a better idea. You kiss me, and I’ll give you all the saliva you want.” Joe couldn’t have said why he blurted that instead of his planned speech to frighten her. "
5 " The nanobots that imbued his blood and every cell of his body adapted, drawing sustenance from the materials around him, from the faint energy that wept from the bars and tickled across his skin to the metal encasing his wrists and ankles. "