[Eyes shut tight, 2B feels something come between her and 9S, and her first instinct is to destroy whatever it is that's put itself there. To seize her sword on the ground beside her and drive its blade through until it breaks the glass on the other side. It's there, it's within her reach.
But the feeling of a warm hand reaching out, and an even warmer voice stops her just as her arm extends. It's like static at first, and unfamiliar. It takes a moment for her memory banks to come back online, and she catches the tail end of what's being said to her, but it's enough for her to recognize the voice... and to encourage her to look up from the ground.
Her tears cling to her eyes, stuck behind her visor, and it distorts Maya's face in her vision, but it's better than not having anything there at all.]
No.
[2B shakes her head stubbornly, and her voice is firm.]
no subject
But the feeling of a warm hand reaching out, and an even warmer voice stops her just as her arm extends. It's like static at first, and unfamiliar. It takes a moment for her memory banks to come back online, and she catches the tail end of what's being said to her, but it's enough for her to recognize the voice... and to encourage her to look up from the ground.
Her tears cling to her eyes, stuck behind her visor, and it distorts Maya's face in her vision, but it's better than not having anything there at all.]
No.
[2B shakes her head stubbornly, and her voice is firm.]
I can't leave.
[Her body won't let her.]