Besides, it had been better than his first instinct, which was to seduce Ranma. That had been a joke, and though he'd put it there as a joke, he'd removed it right after. At least he hoped he'd remembered to get rid of the remnants. Still, even if it was still in their minds anywhere, they'd have to deal with the boy's reluctance in that regard. Even though there were few women to lots of men, Saotome did get a lot of feminine attention that he didn't seem to notice. So they'd have a hard time convincing him even if they regained humanity of any sort.
Folding his arms over his chest, Ranma looked at the elder man. "So, what am I supposed ta do with them?"
"Keep an eye on them, and show them what's what. At this point, we don't know how they'll react, so you'll have to make sure that everything is okay. Plus, they currently consider themselves machines to do things only by orders."
"I can see that's bad, but why point that out?"
"You do realise that they won't eat or anything without someone telling them to do so? If you make them a schedule, they'll stick to it to the minute. Perhaps even the second."
"That bad, huh?" the pigtailed boy asked. "Just goes to show how screwed up that thing really is."
"Well, they do have some self preservation... put in. After all, they wouldn't be worth anything to the Machine if they starved to death, but they will need to know where to eat."
"Great. Anything else I should know?"
"Yeah. Keep a watch on what you say," Natsume replied, "They'll probably take it literally, as they do consider themselves machines. So, if you tell one to do something, they might just do it as directly as possible, and we don't want them getting into trouble because of it. I can remember a couple of times with Nuku-Nuku..."
"Ahh... Got ya. Rather not have that."
"Good, and maybe when this is all done, we'll have a chance to find out about their pasts."
"Hope so..."
The Professor gave the young man a grim smile while:
(Posted Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:41)
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