V had managed to separate out the fact that he was literally missing pieces of himself in such a way that he could keep talking about it if Alec made him - he could understand if someone had no familiarity with cyberware (somehow, but maybe people from rural places were out of the loop) they might be confused at the idea, and the natural curiosity they may have about such a thing.
It didn't stop the overwhelming sense of relief that he had when Alec chose to answer his question instead. He was grateful his focus could shift away from himself. At this point he was looking down at his now-wrapped hand, examining the work and almost regretting that Alec had pulled away already. His touch was something to focus on and ground him in the present but it wasn't something he would chase.
"Magic?" V scoffed at the thought. Magic was a thing for that stupid elf MMO people liked to play. It didn't actually exist. Unless you were willing to count Misty's tarot cards and her readings but that was less magic and more like some astrology horoscope thing - general enough it could apply to anyone off the street, and Misty'd come to know him well enough she could personalize it to make it feel more real than it was. That Alec was suggesting that magic was the cause of their problems was absolutely ridiculous.
"Surely you don't think I'm some kinda moron - magic's not real." V did not falter as he said it but he also knew that he certainly had no other explanation as to how the door wouldn't budge until he put blood on it. He could explain if it were some sort of biometric but to make an entire door a blood-based biometric made no sense, and then there was the issue of him suddenly being fully organic. Not to mention he was dead, he'd given his body away to someone else.
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It didn't stop the overwhelming sense of relief that he had when Alec chose to answer his question instead. He was grateful his focus could shift away from himself. At this point he was looking down at his now-wrapped hand, examining the work and almost regretting that Alec had pulled away already. His touch was something to focus on and ground him in the present but it wasn't something he would chase.
"Magic?" V scoffed at the thought. Magic was a thing for that stupid elf MMO people liked to play. It didn't actually exist. Unless you were willing to count Misty's tarot cards and her readings but that was less magic and more like some astrology horoscope thing - general enough it could apply to anyone off the street, and Misty'd come to know him well enough she could personalize it to make it feel more real than it was. That Alec was suggesting that magic was the cause of their problems was absolutely ridiculous.
"Surely you don't think I'm some kinda moron - magic's not real." V did not falter as he said it but he also knew that he certainly had no other explanation as to how the door wouldn't budge until he put blood on it. He could explain if it were some sort of biometric but to make an entire door a blood-based biometric made no sense, and then there was the issue of him suddenly being fully organic. Not to mention he was dead, he'd given his body away to someone else.