Chapter 162

All at once I wanted to disconnect and leave buttons alone. The emotion was so visceral and deep. It reminded me of … well me.

When I was depressed my family took notice. They pestered me and annoyed me and surrounded me. While they were doing me the favor of being there and sticking by me through a hard time I just wanted them all to leave me alone.

I didn’t need to be coddled, I never asked for this and I did not need assistance.

Where my family had the benefit of being related to me and practically having no choice but to help me, me and buttons never had that connection.

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So I stopped myself from disconnecting with it long enough to carry out the rest of the conversation and apologize.

I sent, “I am sorry for not introducing myself right when we met I’ve only recently learned how to communicate with others.”

A long pause but not long enough for it to begin speaking.

“I am also sorry for helping you when it wasn’t asked for. I’ve been in your position before and I didn’t enjoy the feeling. I was alone and wanted some company but that’s no excuse to take away someone’s choice in the matter. I’ll leave you alone if that what you’d like.”

A longer pause. A long enough one for me to question if it even got the message.

For a moment I was worried the nodule malfunctioned but I suddenly got a message.

Surprise. Gratitude. Mellowing anger. And understanding. Then almost shyly hesitancy. No other underneath emotions as far as I could tell. It was bearing its full emotions on the matter.

Surprise at my sincerity I think. Gratitude for the apology. The mellowing anger and understanding were intertwined.

It seemingly understood why I had done what I had done and it assuaged it’s anger. It’s last emotion however was really surprising but after receiving the two before I understood.

While it did want me to remove myself from it, it wouldn’t be opposed to conversation now and again.