"What do you mean no? It's just a system, Gem," Fily said and tried to laugh to lighten up the mood, but instead of lighting up the mood, Gem's face became darker because of what she said.
"They're not just systems to me, Fily. They're my family," Gem said and walked towards her station, leaving Fily dumbfounded and yet again confused about her feelings.
"See, this is why you're malfunctioning. You're getting too swayed by that little girl's voice."
"You should just do what you're good at. Pretending," the voices in Fily's head said which made Fily shut her mouth tightly so they would not slip.
"Do you want me to take over?" Fily's tough sister asked her but she just shook her head, "It's okay I got this," Fily said and tried to shush the voices in her head.
"Fily? A little help here please," Petunia said, taking Fily's attention away from her conflict with Gem and cooling the tension down between them.
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