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[ Gavin uses the toy gun to get through the menus and the game starts. A hilariously badly voice acted cutscene opens the game before the zombies appear. There are tutorials on the screen, so Gavin doesn't feel the need to explain.

But that is a question that actually gets him something approaching thoughtful. ]

Maybe not intentionally. [ Pew pew, zombie guts everywhere. ] Hearing about shootings and violence and shitty cops. Makes you wanna do it better than the adults who were letting you down.

[ He's always been a touch arrogant. (Runs in the family.) ]

[ Connor reads the directions on the screen. He also pulls up an internet search for House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn + gameplay. He fully intends on winning this game.

Maybe arrogance is a shared trait between the two of them. ]

You saw that a job was being done poorly, and so you wanted to...make sure it was being done correctly. [ Connor hasn't played any other video games, but he's pretty sure this is not a good one. The voices are not very believable. The plot is thinner than Gavin's temper.

Connor looks over at Gavin for a moment, still firing at fake angry zombies on the screen, because he gets to go ahead and cheat with weird android reflexes and peripheral vision that doesn't get blurry like a human's does. ] Do you believe you've been successful in that mission?

[ Sorry, is this supposed to be casual? Connor's just going to keep asking deeply personal life satisfaction questions until he's certain he and Gavin are sufficiently bonded. Connor isn't quite sure what that will feel like or look like, but he's very willing to go barreling full-tilt into the attempt. ]

[ Hey, maybe they'll get a bunch of tickets for a high score. He'll even let Connor pick out a tacky prize. ]

Yep. [ It's all he says at Connor's statement, as they continue to mow through the zombies. Neither of them have gone down yet, amazing. He could never beat one of these games without using all of his tokens when he was younger.

Now that's a question. Gavin's silent for a moment as the boss shows up. Pew pew, zombie guts. ]

To an extent. [ He works his jaw, licking his teeth. ] Put away enough corrupt cops for most people to hate me, so hey. Doin' something right.

[ Connor is finding it increasingly difficult to decide which is more necessary to give his attention to: the fake zombies whose guts keep exploding in improbable ways, or Gavin's facial expressions. This game is making it difficult to bond. Or perhaps it's enhancing it, and Gavin wouldn't be this honest if Connor were able to stare at him. Connor can't be sure.

He'll just need to stare at Gavin later while asking him further questions, to compare. ]

I don't believe that's the only reason people have...disagreements with you at the station. [ #burn ] But I am impressed at your ability to look past the fact that they are your colleagues and report any illegal behavior you find.

[ Connor himself is a snitch who's lucky to not have needed too many stitches for it, so he genuinely appreciates this tidbit about Gavin. It makes him seem more...trustworthy, if Connor had to put a word to it. ]

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