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[definingfuture]

Tony's Mailbox.

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[freightcars]

Tell me how you really feel

[ Mildly, and amused. It's a mess. Thanks, pal, appreciate that honesty. ]

When you say you can do even better
just to be clear
we're not talking like
vibrating, toast making, missile shooting, tooth brush in a finger right
Seriously, I'm happy if it just opens door knobs

[definingfuture]

I think the guy that made your arm was an amateur that was wasting a lot of great potential. Which is probably good for your world's heroes, but definitely not as efficient as my work.

The energy conservation can't possibly keep up with your needs. I don't know what you were using it for, but it couldn't have been as much as you could use it for. Hydra, right? They have second tier engineers at best.

[ He said to tell him! ]

And, no, you and I are not close enough for me to begin considering any sort of weapon. Vibrators and toothbrushes are negotiable, as long as you promise to clean it properly.

You already have a hand that can open doors. That's boring.

[freightcars]

Let me rephrase:
I actively don't want missiles, vibrators, or tooth brushes in my arm.
Please, god.

And if we're being honest, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about with the energy conservation part of it either, but it did me just fine.

[definingfuture]

Ugh, come on. It was in desperate need of an upgrade. I'm surprised it wasn't grinding and sputtering.

I have no intention of putting any kind of explosive in your arm.

[ He politely fails to mention any other possibility. ]

[freightcars]

It may have done a little grinding and sputtering, but it fixed itself most of the time

Thinking about changing my mind and just replacing it with one of those wooden backscratchers now, seems like the safer bet

[definingfuture]

It fixed itself. Really.

Do people on your world not know how machines work or is there magic involved...? I hate to say this, but I hope there is magic involved, because otherwise your tech was in worse shape than I thought.

And don't you dare. You have an opportunity here.

[freightcars]

when it stops grinding and sputtering on it's own, it counts

[ right??
he's never owned a car, go easy on him ]

let me know when you wanna get a look at the pile of scrap attached to my shoulder in person.

[definingfuture]

You know, I hate to say it, but this was probably better for you in the long run.

And I'm only going to do this if you promise to actually take care of it.

I'm basically free all the time now. More than I want to be.

[freightcars]

You wanna run me through what you mean by taking care of a metal arm? Do I need to floss it or something?

Tomorrow afternoon?

[definingfuture]

I'll show you what I mean. You would think someone with military training would know the value of caring for equipment at least, but I'll forgive you this time.

That's fine.

[freightcars]

I volunteered for the gun.
The arm, not so much.

See you then.