Private to Siobhan, Laina, Murderbot over the Sendjewel Network

[ohaiyo_isekai]

WARNING: frank discussion of IRL transphobia; the deep deep spoilers to the Wonders of Mundus series as a whole are likely.

To Siobhan, Laina:
I - suspect you two had a better idea than I did of who young Tsukuda was but I would speak to you both about the context.

To Murderbot:
I suspect you are more inclined to talk to me over the Sendjewel than in person. My name is, for the sake of argument, Hikaru Aozora; I knew you in the story as Rin. I'd like to talk with you about what I perceived of what happened if you'll allow me.

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[ohaiyo_isekai]

“Welcome back, my love. Your second mother can be quite terrifying when she needs to be, you know.”

This lightly, but also entirely truthfully. Hikaru is so fucking glad that Thorne is on his side.

“…I actually have an idea for what to give her, and you. Can you assume human form? Some kept the shape they were in Woodhurst in their back pockets, and I still have those measurements, but not your true ones.”

[codeswitchcraft]

"Can and did," Siobhan says. "It was painful, because my clothing didn't grow with me, so I called upon Thorne's help right away and she reconfigured my body back to normal and then stayed in the driver's seat for a little while. Just in case. And she says she learned it from her third mother."

[ohaiyo_isekai]

“Then meet me in the artisan’s room in a week - I’ve learned how to tune that minor Waygate to the destination I’d prefer - and I shall be able to present it to you both, though perhaps not totally completed. And Siobhan -“

[codeswitchcraft]

"Mm?"

[ohaiyo_isekai]

“May I have the pleasure of doing unto thee as thou hast done unto Akira, when you recognized him?”

Oh, that grin as he asks.

[codeswitchcraft]

She goes as pink as the rose tucked behind her ear.

"Yes. Please."

[ohaiyo_isekai]

Turns out he’s better at it than Akira.

Like. A lot better. 30 years of practice better.

[codeswitchcraft]

Siobhan ends up clinging to him just to remain upright.