[The increased activity of Aigis's internal mechanisms is immediate, everything humming and whirring and clicking louder as she hears Minako's words and they...sink in...
She blinks rapidly, the gathered polish in her eyes trickling down her cheeks as she does. Her face warms rapidly, and uncharacteristic but not unheard of, she stumbles over her syllables.] Y-You...
[What is this? What does she do with this? The warmth inside of her is strangely heavy, dense with pressure that's hard to bear. For a moment her hands simply hover uncertainly between them, but as she processes further, her arms move to encircle Minako, gently as a human might handle glass.] I...
[Why does it feel like her tongue is stuck? There's nothing physically wrong with her. Her face would color with embarrassment if it could as her gaze flickers away from Minako's. She's known what it is she feels for Minako, even if not for very long; why is it so hard to say? After a struggling noise, she manages, clearly flustered:] ...I-I love you, too. Minako—
[it cuts off abruptly on an upwards inflection, the unfinished -san clearly on the tip of her tongue, but—
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She blinks rapidly, the gathered polish in her eyes trickling down her cheeks as she does. Her face warms rapidly, and uncharacteristic but not unheard of, she stumbles over her syllables.] Y-You...
[What is this? What does she do with this? The warmth inside of her is strangely heavy, dense with pressure that's hard to bear. For a moment her hands simply hover uncertainly between them, but as she processes further, her arms move to encircle Minako, gently as a human might handle glass.] I...
[Why does it feel like her tongue is stuck? There's nothing physically wrong with her. Her face would color with embarrassment if it could as her gaze flickers away from Minako's. She's known what it is she feels for Minako, even if not for very long; why is it so hard to say? After a struggling noise, she manages, clearly flustered:] ...I-I love you, too. Minako—
[it cuts off abruptly on an upwards inflection, the unfinished -san clearly on the tip of her tongue, but—
I thought we were past the -san.]
...Minako.