[ The words paint a vivid picture all on their own, but it's fascinating getting to see the experience of a rave while it's described to him. At least until the sense of loneliness creeps through, casting everything in a different light to him. Surrounded by worship, of that there's no doubt, but it's the passively unknowing kind — none of the party goers seem to know or care about the god in their midst, and even with every facet of it feeding him power, the event isn't for him. Tech Boy is alone in more than just a physical sense.
K doesn't immediately respond to the offer, instead remaining quiet for a bit longer as he digests everything. ]
To be seen like that... [ He thinks he knows what Tech Boy means. The same reason he dresses and styles his hair so extravagantly, cultivating a very specific sort of image — even treating K a certain (sometimes 'vaguely hostile') way in their past public interactions on the network, to maintain that image, he assumes. Because image is everything, isn't it. Status symbols are everything. But how does he fit in with all of that? ]
I don't understand why you'd want to be seen with me. [ He finally admits. ] Unless it were my world, maybe. [ He meets Tech Boy's look with a slight smile. ] Because I may have cost as much as that stretch limo of yours.
[ Being perceived by others as his owner would be a status symbol in its own right, in other words. But one certainly doesn't invite their property to raves or take them out on the town for spoiling, save perhaps the pleasure models, who are designed to be companions; beautiful, desired. A costly luxury, the more tailored they are to suit their owners' preferences. And he can't help thinking that would suit Tech Boy's image far better than himself. ]
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K doesn't immediately respond to the offer, instead remaining quiet for a bit longer as he digests everything. ]
To be seen like that... [ He thinks he knows what Tech Boy means. The same reason he dresses and styles his hair so extravagantly, cultivating a very specific sort of image — even treating K a certain (sometimes 'vaguely hostile') way in their past public interactions on the network, to maintain that image, he assumes. Because image is everything, isn't it. Status symbols are everything. But how does he fit in with all of that? ]
I don't understand why you'd want to be seen with me. [ He finally admits. ] Unless it were my world, maybe. [ He meets Tech Boy's look with a slight smile. ] Because I may have cost as much as that stretch limo of yours.
[ Being perceived by others as his owner would be a status symbol in its own right, in other words. But one certainly doesn't invite their property to raves or take them out on the town for spoiling, save perhaps the pleasure models, who are designed to be companions; beautiful, desired. A costly luxury, the more tailored they are to suit their owners' preferences. And he can't help thinking that would suit Tech Boy's image far better than himself. ]