Even the fact that she was still in the same areas as those that she'd once known and cared for was not a mercy. Rather, she was merely there because it was easier to do, as it was merely that she was nothing more than a transmission would be to an autobody shop. After being used where she was, she would eventually wind up being shipped off to another part of the ship, or even another vessel, if that was what was determined to be the best usage of her.
All Ranma knew as he heard the footsteps was that he saw the familiar features of Kasumi as he turned to look at what had become part KSM10D0. However, even her usual look of gentle concern was absent as she turned to gaze back at him, her pupils shrinking and dilating in ways that no human could ever hope to handle. One might have thought that her fingerless gloves covered her hands... at least until the palms and backs opened up with what looked like little probes. What looked like boots covered her feet, and various points where tools seemed to attack to her body rested at her shoulders, hips, waist, forearms, and calves.
And he had to laugh nervously as even though her apparent disregard for her state of being was showing no sign of stopping, he was feeling a bit guilty at the moment. "Ummm... Ya came here?"
"Correct," KSM10D0 replied, her voice coming across like she was admitting that she'd decided to cross the street. "Systems analysis determined that a maintenance and repair unit was needed to restore this terminal to functionality."
"Oh. Okay...."
"Is there a request that Master has for this unit?"
"Hold on a sec. Ya are sayin' that I can ask ya ta do somethin' for me?" the pigtailed boy murmured.
"Correct."
"And ya work with all these machines and stuff."
"Correct. It is this unit's purpose to upkeep and build any sort of equipment that the systems may require," KSM10D0 told the inspector without hesitation.
"Nah, that ain't what ya are supposed ta be," the martial artist grunted. "I need ya ta stay with me."
"Then Master is requesting this unit to be your private aid in working with technological systems?"
"Well... I guess I could use someone ta help me with that...."
KSM10D0 felt the warmth of belonging in direct service as she sent the request and it was confirmed. "Understood. Control of unit has been directed to Master."
"Whoa. Hold on a sec. Ya mean that it's that simple? All I haveta say it, and it happens?"
"It is the role of units to serve the Masters. There will be no hesitation."
"Then are ya gonna ask me if I wanna have ya have a 'reproductive' role too?" Ranma grunted, his mind whirling with the implications.
"Is that what the Master wants?"
"If it ain't gonna cause a problem, but.... Ain't it a bit easy for ya ta do that? I mean, are ya just there for pleasure too?"
"Specifically designed pleasure units are available."
"Eh? What's that?"
"Worker units are constantly available for the Master's usage for sexual release and easing. However, units found to be useful for relieving stress through intimate contact are processed into forms that maximize their sexual potential."
"That makes them sound like baby machines."
"That is incorrect," KSM10D0 answered, never taking offense, even though she was now his private maintenance-repair-reproductive unit. "Pregnancies would be counterproductive in their service, so their reproductive systems are kept under strict control."
"No babies then?"
"Incorrect. New organic units can be created by the impregnation of a female bodied unit, genetic manipulation through machinery, or breeders."
"'Breeders'?" he parroted, certain that he was not going to like the answer.
"Units that have been chosen to bring about the production of future organic units due to physical ability, fertility, and the inclusion of welcome components."
"Ugh.... I ain't so glad that I asked. But ya can have babies too."
"If a Master desires it, a unit will submit to impregnation on command," KSM10D0 told her Master. "That may be by a Master himself, so that he may have the child as his own, or may have a male bodied unit service the female so that a new biologic entity may be produced."
A twitch came at the corner of Ranma's eye as he tried to imagine a disc controlled guy lining himself up with a mind controlled girl with all the passion of a piston in a car engine. Brushing aside the mental picture, he hoped that things would go simpler for him, while:
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