[Al has dropped into a ready stance, keeping the tablet between him and the anomaly, taking a few steps back when it continues to approach.]
Of course I'm interested, I'll be sure to head along as soon as it's convenient. Once I've dealt with my own specimens along the way.
Uh, Dr. Watson? I don't think this is going well, maybe I should just...
[He takes another step backwards.]
No, don't leave. I need to know how you work. I must understand how you work.
[That last bit is said simultaneously with the mouth that his hat and forehead have become, dark and sinister and with an edge of laughter behind it. It's hungry, the need to take Al apart and find out how he works. He wants to take them all apart so there's no mysteries left any more.]
cw: body horror
Of course I'm interested, I'll be sure to head along as soon as it's convenient. Once I've dealt with my own specimens along the way.
Uh, Dr. Watson? I don't think this is going well, maybe I should just...
[He takes another step backwards.]
No, don't leave. I need to know how you work. I must understand how you work.
[That last bit is said simultaneously with the mouth that his hat and forehead have become, dark and sinister and with an edge of laughter behind it. It's hungry, the need to take Al apart and find out how he works. He wants to take them all apart so there's no mysteries left any more.]