[21:43:13] IBLiS: vergil is his go-to guy for why everything works
[21:43:19] IBLiS: why are ants so small
[21:43:30] IBLiS: why do the trees die when it gets cold
[21:43:59] Sir Nitbits: Vergil now understands how his parents felt when he was tiny
[21:44:18] IBLiS: why do cars move?
[21:44:23] IBLiS: are they alive?
[21:44:50] Sir Nitbits: nOW HE KNOWS HOW HIS MOM FELT W/ HIS DAD...
[21:45:00] Sir Nitbits: Vergil explaining engines to tiny Nero
[21:45:06] Sir Nitbits: so that's where that fascination came from
[21:45:06] Sir Nitbits: ...
[21:45:09] Sir Nitbits: ...actually that's
[21:45:10] Sir Nitbits: really cute
[21:45:16] IBLiS: he was convinced that the cars were actually alive
[21:45:19] IBLiS: and also his friends
[21:45:31] IBLiS: he talked to them all the time because he didn't want them to be lonely
[21:46:15] IBLiS: vergil do you have the heart to tell this child that the cars aren't alive after all
[21:46:21] Sir Nitbits: well
[21:46:23] Sir Nitbits: they're
[21:46:25] Sir Nitbits: they're...
[21:46:28] Sir Nitbits: s...ort of alive
[21:46:31] Sir Nitbits: you have to feed them
[21:46:37] Sir Nitbits: and they turn that food into energy
[21:46:47] Sir Nitbits: they're just like man-made life forms
[21:47:23] Sir Nitbits: except they don't really think, they only do what people design them to do
[21:47:24] Sir Nitbits: ...
[21:47:31] Sir Nitbits: ...n-no that's not -- it's not sad, it's ok, they
[21:47:34] Sir Nitbits: they, uh
[21:47:35] Sir Nitbits: like it!
[21:47:41] IBLiS: >,8
[21:48:41] Sir Nitbits: ...really!
[21:48:45] Sir Nitbits: c8>
[21:50:16] IBLiS: what if they don't want to, though?
[21:50:23] IBLiS: what if they want to be a doctor-- or-- or a spaceman?
[21:50:32] Sir Nitbits: but they
[21:50:34] Sir Nitbits: they don't
[21:50:41] IBLiS: yOU DON'T KNOW THAT
[21:50:45] IBLiS: YOU DON'T EVEN /TALK/ TO THEM
[21:50:49] IBLiS: ),8<
[21:50:57] Sir Nitbits: weLL
[21:52:23] Sir Nitbits: th-they
[21:52:25] IBLiS: yours is named harold and hes really nice and we share secrets /all/ the time and he wants to go on a boat someday
[21:52:32] * Sir Nitbits um
[21:52:34] IBLiS: i bet you didnt even know his nAME
[21:52:47] IBLiS: nobody ever does
[21:52:53] IBLiS: ],B
[21:52:57] * Sir Nitbits he is concerned that this child might need institutionalized
[21:53:09] IBLiS: vergil please it is called an imaginary friend
[21:53:18] Sir Nitbits: he gets that feel
[21:53:20] Sir Nitbits: he
[21:53:23] Sir Nitbits: gets it very much
[21:53:34] IBLiS: don't you remember what that was like?
[21:53:37] Sir Nitbits: it still throws him for a loop
[21:53:48] Sir Nitbits: (as if he doesn't still think of Tyrro as a person)
[21:53:51] Sir Nitbits: (even knowing better)
[21:53:53] Sir Nitbits: (it's hard ok)
[21:54:00] IBLiS: (still talks to him sometimes)
[21:54:05] IBLiS: (though a bit more like an adult)
[21:54:11] Sir Nitbits: (reminisces about old times)
[21:54:15] Sir Nitbits: (as with an old, old friend)
[21:55:06] IBLiS: see it's not weird when nero does this with tyrro
[21:55:11] IBLiS: because tyrro is /definitely/ a person
[21:55:13] IBLiS: (duh)
[21:55:16] IBLiS: but /cars/?
[21:55:39] Sir Nitbits: he gets used to it, though
[21:55:43] Sir Nitbits: and answers questions
[21:55:54] Sir Nitbits: (don't you think Harold makes a very cool car? he thinks so)
[21:55:58] Sir Nitbits: (he thinks being a car is very cool)
[21:56:02] Sir Nitbits: (the coolest)
[21:56:19] Sir Nitbits: (that's why he's not a doctor or an astronaut or a dinosaur)
[21:57:05] IBLiS: (he wouldn't take anyone but the best, after all)
[21:57:07] IBLiS: (pat pat)
[21:58:40] Sir Nitbits: Nero never quite stops thinking of his mechanics in terms of making them good enough that they'll be happy being machines
[22:00:27] IBLiS: why else do you think he treats the blue rose and red queen like they're /people/
[22:00:40] IBLiS: he knows, logistically, they're not
[22:00:41] IBLiS: but
[22:00:50] IBLiS: the magic never really left
[22:01:02] Sir Nitbits: that's adorable and you need to stop
[22:01:07] Sir Nitbits: my gosh
[22:02:02] IBLiS: he's like a tech doctor
[22:02:04] IBLiS: and he's ok with that
[22:02:55] Sir Nitbits: they're his babies
[22:03:21] Sir Nitbits: mfw, Nero naming all the machines in their house
[22:03:25] Sir Nitbits: with really silly names
[22:03:29] Sir Nitbits: the toaster is Poppy
[22:05:42] Sir Nitbits: the jukebox is Stevie Wonder-if-it'll-work-today
[22:05:43] IBLiS: he makes sure to feed him toast every day
[22:06:14] IBLiS: the xbox 360 is xbone mark vii
[22:06:26] IBLiS: he's positive they're just dying to spite him now
[22:06:37] IBLiS: he has a very turbulent relationship with it