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Just for the record, I'd like to point out that while Zoa's phatex skin is only slightly more durable than human flesh, the hands underneath, made of high-carbon alloys, piezoelectric nanoceramics, and synthetic diamond, are more than capable of exerting enough compressive force to crush Lee's left wrist into a fine paste.

I assure you, this fact will not become relevant, but I think I'd like it to be in the back of your mind going forward regardless.

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0393– 2167/07/07/11:46- LC’s apartment, living room
Zoa: I don’t recall telling you to turn your erection off, Lee.
LC: I… what… b-but you said…
Zoa: Doc and I are just recording and analyzing your actions and reactions. This is valuable data, to us.
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Doc: I would actually prefer it if the erection went away, Zoa. Sexual excitation is generally conducive neither to psychological revelation nor to philosophical study.
Zoa: There are both psychiatrists and philosophers who would disagree, but I concede that they are in the minority of their respective fields, and, although I am generally in favour of penises and the erections thereof, I understand that my role, here, is merely to relay your therapeutic advice.
Zoa: So yes, boner go bye-bye, Lee.
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Zoa: Maybe it can come out to play again later, if you’re good.
LC: That’s just… you’re not…
Zoa: I said turn it off. You don’t get to have that right now.
LC: hrngh.
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Zoa: What do you think, Doc? Should we dig into Lee’s anti-authoritarian past, their twisted sexual proclivities, or their current emotional state? Or, perhaps, we could discuss twentieth-century existentialism in greater detail…
Doc: I’ll let you decide, Zoa. As always, your influence over Lee is surprisingly effective, and, at this point, I’m just curious to see what you can uncover that I have, thus far, been unable to.
LC: I don’t suppose my vote for Sartre counts for anything?
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