[ Timothy fully cracks the fuck up. It's different from Jack's. It isn't mocking—okay it totally is just a little bit, but that's fully deserved. But it's not cruel. ]
Y-you jus–oh man. YouOKAY FIRST OF ALL, how's a sleeper assassin gonna turn off their kill-o-matic active assassin mode just by saying [ this is his "I'm a big bad assassin" voice ] disengage sleeper assassin mode, like how is that not the least effective sleeper agent protocol in the history of...
[ All at once, Tim's expression schools itself into something else, something wide-eyed and wholly neutral, and hangs there in silence for several seconds. A slate wiped clean.
When next he speaks, his voice comes out pleasantly mechanical, hollow, so reminiscent of the Hyperion lady it's unsettling— ]
Doppelganger 21-C, Sleeper Protocol...
[ —until it isn't. Until Tim's face and voice both buckle under the strain of not laughing. ]
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Y-you jus–oh man. YouOKAY FIRST OF ALL, how's a sleeper assassin gonna turn off their kill-o-matic active assassin mode just by saying [ this is his "I'm a big bad assassin" voice ] disengage sleeper assassin mode, like how is that not the least effective sleeper agent protocol in the history of...
[ All at once, Tim's expression schools itself into something else, something wide-eyed and wholly neutral, and hangs there in silence for several seconds. A slate wiped clean.
When next he speaks, his voice comes out pleasantly mechanical, hollow, so reminiscent of the Hyperion lady it's unsettling— ]
Doppelganger 21-C, Sleeper Protocol...
[ —until it isn't. Until Tim's face and voice both buckle under the strain of not laughing. ]
...disen[ UNCONTROLLABLE SNORT ]gaGED.