Aberrant Algorithm.

Home is where the Core Compiles.

Letting N lead her by the hand around the manor was nice, combined with him explaining what and where everything was on each floor with an unmatchable level of enthusiastic zeal that let her force the memory files of Copper-9 deeper down. Uzi smiled softly as N led her up to the manor's higher floors her hand still gently clutched in his, it felt nice and something Uzi could get used to being here.

"There are plenty of other drones that work here," N continued explaining oblivious to Uzi's focus on his hand in hers, "They keep the manor clean and help with the functions Tessa's parents throw," N came to a brief stop which nearly causes Uzi to walk into his back before he could notice both the blush on her visor and her nearly walking into his back Uzi straightened herself and looked up in time to meet his gaze, "Sometimes we have to help out and her parents really don't like us."

Uzi blinked at that and tilted her head quizzically, so some things were fairly universal regardless of which memory files she accepted parents were awful no matter what. "O-oh," Uzi shuffled under N's gaze, "W-w-why don't t-t-they?"

N rubbed the back of his head trying to come up with an answer, "Well it's that," N bit his lip trying to find the right words. How could he vocalise that it was because the drones Tessa took a specific interest in were all at one point marked for dismantlement and disposal, and more specifically in Uzi and Cyn's case pulled from a junkyard. 

"It's because we are reject drones," A snarky feminine voice spoke behind N, stepping around him was another female worker drone dressed in the same style of maid outfit as Uzi and Cyn but what separated her from them was the grey optics and hair like N's and her style in twin shoulder length pigtails, "Where did the little weirdo drag you off too... Oh." The female drone's voice flattened out at the site of Uzi, her optics narrowing as she stared at Uzi, "Great the other ones working now, is it as weird as that one?" The twin-tailed drone asked rudely jabbing a finger towards Cyn, making her flinch back.

Uzi glared back at the new drone as she felt Cyn spet further behind her, who did this drone think they were their words gave the memory files from Copper-9 a brief moment to surge reminding Uzi of all the times she'd been ridiculed in class and at school. She'd tried to give back as good as she got but being alone it'd always been an uphill struggle to do so, but now it was different she wasn't the one being insulted specifically. No, instead it was Cyn who was the intended target and feeling the yellowed drone cower back behind her was not something Uzi was going to stand for.

She pulled her hand free from N's and moved further between Cyn and the pigtailed drone, blocking Cyn from the other drone's sight more her hands balling into fists, "B-b-b-bite m-m-me!" Uzi inwardly cringed the damage to her vocaliser appearing to be worse when her emotions were higher but she wasn't about to let that cow her, "T-T-Tessa, she s-s-said it m-m-made us u-u-unique!"

The twin-tailed drone just stood there a smirk spreading across her face, "Well if that's what T T Tessa said then it's fine," Uzi kept glaring picking up on the way this female drone was mocking her, she wanted to respond but the other drone Just turned to face N effectively ignoring Uzi and Cyn, "If you're showing them around N avoid the great hall, Lady Elliot is in a mood and I'd hate for her to take it out on you N, that'd upset Tessa," The obvious implication being the twin-tailed drone wouldn't care less if Uzi or Cyn were the victims of such a thing, not offering any of them a chance to retort the twin-tailed drone continued walking past them, "if you're looking for V she's in the library on the second floor."

"Oh thanks, J." N calmly responded his chipper demeanour returning as the now-identified J walked off, watching her leave N reached out again taking Uzi's free hand and opened the balled-up fist so he could continue to lead her. This action caused Uzi to look back at him rather than murderously glaring at J's back, "That's J don't mind her, she can be a little prickly but she's nice once you get past that," He gave Uzi a rather unconvincing smile, almost as if he was trying to convince himself.