top_spinnin | Sixth spin - [Audio] (Backdated to when the kidnapped were freed.)

Oh.

Well, make sure you take care of yourself, Gloves. Even if you feel fine, it might be a good idea to get yourself checked out, just in case.

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Good luck. I hope he's not hurt too badly.

I'll be fine. Just a bit stiff. It's not like it did much. Toppy probably got worse.

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I don't know. It's from the fight when he was captured. He actually would have fought back.

Alright. If you're sure.

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He should know that's it's important to take care of himself at least.

I'm really sure.

Well, not much I can do if he won't.

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He's stubborn. And I don't think he wants help from the biggest embarrassment of his line.

Okay.

True.

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You're not that bad; you just have low self esteem. I bet you could do a lot if you put your mind to it. Though I'd hope it was a lot of good instead of a lot of bad.

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At least I'm not threatening murder to the people that want to help?

No. I am pathetic. It's true. And I'm supposed to be a bad guy, Rock.

Um, yes, that's good. *staring at his comm oddly even though Gloves can't see that.

It's not. And you don't have to be. You know you have people that'd help you if you wanted to leave Wily.

Shadow is calling me a traitor now for some reason. And threatening to kill me.

I know. I've been offered that help enough. But I just don't feel right betraying the others. It's not right...

Well that's not good! Do you have anywhere you can go if he tries it?

You wouldn't be betraying them, Top. You own them nothing. Wily's plans only end in people getting hurt, even his own robots. Nothing is gained. You'd be doing the right thing leaving them.

Considering his partner said he fell over, I'm doubting he can follow through on that threat right now.

Wily created me. Shadow helped me when I was hurt before, and didn't tell on me when I was thinking things that I shouldn't have been. How can I betray them?

It's still better to be safe then sorry!

That does not mean you own him your complete servitude. And neither does what Shadow did. It was nice of him to help you, and not tell on you even though you have the right to think whatever you like, but you do not own him your life for it.

Top? Do you think it's right what Wily is doing? Do you really want to help him do it? What do you believe?

I won't abandon Top. And if Top wants to help him, I'll be with him.

Why shouldn't I owe them that? I wouldn't exist if it weren't for Wily making me and Shadow helping me.

No. And I've said as much before, though not where Shadow could hear. I don't like it.

But if he tries to kill you, it's better to run and come back later. Cause what if you stay and Top tries to protect you? Then he'll get hurt too. Though I really think it'd be best if you both left.

Lots of people wouldn't exist if not for their parents, but they don't owe their life to them. And some people have their brothers to thank for watching out for them, but again they don't follow their very whim. You can be thankful without throwing you life away to them.

Then please, don't give up what you believe in. You're in a world where they won't fear you because you're a robot made by Wily. A world where you can have rights as any other person. A world that is giving you a chance to change things for the better.

I guess you have a point. I'll be careful. But I don't think he's leaving.

I'm not some squishy human, Rock. It's different. And if I'm not loyal, I won't be able to repay them for what they gave me.

I won't give up what I believe in. But to date, it's not like I've been asked to do anything here. I've been just keeping myself and Gloves alive and having fun, like I couldn't before. I'm not really that fond of fighting, but I haven't been asked to...

Okay. Protect each other, but be smart about it.

But you're a person all the same. You don't have to repay them anything.

But there will come a time when they do order you to fight or worse, and I don't know if you'll have the chance to get away then. I don't want something bad to happen to you, Top. Or Gloves either.

Don't worry about us. If it comes to it, we know where to go for help.

I'm a robot. Just because people want to think differently of me doesn't mean that is the case.

I know it'll come. I'll find a way to handle it when that time comes. I've fought before, I can do it again. But if it comes to killing... I'll figure out something. Nothing bad is going to happen, Rock.

Good.

You're a person. You have feelings and fears just like everyone else, so what if we're made out of different stuff then humans. If you were just a thing, a tool to be used, you wouldn't be able to think and reason for yourself. You wouldn't be able to figure out that what Wily is doing is wrong.

....I hope so.

Top seems good at attracting friends. Well, he would be if he weren't scared about Shadow deciding them bad influences. He's been awful worried about Yellow.

Gloves, don't.

I shouldn't be like this, Rock. I'm not a tool. I'm just a stupid glitched weapon. And I shouldn't think like I do. It's wrong. And when I start thinking this way, stuff like what had Shadow so upset happens.

I'll do my best, Rock.

I could help look out for them?

That would help, right Top? You wouldn't have to worry about your friends as much.

You're not a glitched weapon. You're a person that's been told they're a weapon for so long that it's hard to shake the idea off.

Considering what Top is afraid Shadow might do if he thinks Yellow is an unsuitable friend for his older brother, that would be appreciated. Shadow's attention is dangerous...

I guess it would help. I warned Yellow, but I'm not sure that anyone not from our universe would realize how dangerous the situation is.

If it wasn't true, why would I have been told it for so long, Rock? And why do my systems start acting strange if I think about it too long in ways that I shouldn't?

I'll do that then.

I don't think it's that they don't think it's dangerous, but that there's so many things here that are also dangerous, it's hard to keep up.

Because Wily wants you to believe it. He wouldn't tell you're your own person when he wants to use you.

And... what do you mean by acting up?

You have a point. And they might not consider that Shadow might do it just to prevent divided loyalties, even if the person isn't a problem.

Why would he worry about that when it's not like we ever had anywhere else to go?

I couldn't even move. I was too busy thinking about the things you and other people said... I was scared.

Shadow had to shake him out of it.

I could bring it up with some people?

Because you do have places to go.

That might be a something Wily put in, but it could also be something like a panic attack. I'm not sure.

Do it. The last thing Top needs is finding out a friend died because they were his friend.

Here I do. I didn't where we came from, Rock.

Shadow said it was a glitch. But he didn't take me to Wily because he didn't want something like what happened to Crash happening to a linemate. What's that say?

I will.

You could have come to us, my family. We would have helped you.

I don't think it's a glitch or he would have gotten it fixed. He knows Wily will do something bad to you, like what happened to Crash, and he doesn't want to lose you. But what he's doing to keep you around is mean.

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