Eiffel I don't know if that's the compelling argument you think it is

Shrike: Jedaos don't tolerate idiots
Eiffel: sounds fake but okay

Mouth Powers eiffel cares So Much about his jaby

Jaby is really good but he is gonna give Shrike MASSIVE uncanny valley heeby jeebies

Jedao's don't emote like that!!!! boi are you gunning to get reconditioned or what!!!!

although really Shrike doesn't mean Jedaos don't tolerate idiots (they tolerate SO many idiots) as that they don't enjoy it

even though they would never say so of course :|

:| we're friends if you say so sir :|

highly unorthodox but ok :|

shrike is allowed to be wrong

shrike is both coming from an extremely fucked social and psychological perspective, and also dead right about the thing about Eiffel that bothers Jaby the most, and it's very funny to me

and he's also feeling protective of Jaby but entirely wrong about this because

in his universe, "real" people very much do treat the clones like very smart but creepy attack dogs, and Jedao is a noun - they all have bird names like most Kel military hardward

so he's like

"omfg you don't even KNOW his name, he has to put up with your self-centered deluded ass demanding he perform emotions for you, you're the worst"

when he realizes Jaby was definitely not brought up in a Kel training nest he is going to be Supremely confused

I love that this is happening

Eiffel starting an argument with the guy who's going to put the blood back in him

Eiffel just like, I have heard of being reasonable and I choose not to

exactly