[He had heard the approaching footsteps, but had thought nothing of it, his attention too engrossed by trying to take in everything around him. Maybe it was a passing User, enjoying the same scenery that he was.
But then that hand had been placed on his shoulder, and the User had spoken to him. Today must be a day for impossible things happening with no warning - he might be an altered copy of the original, and it might have been a few hundred cycles, but that wasn't nearly enough to erase his memory of the owner of that voice.
So, there's a look of surprise and, dare we almost say, delight on his face when he looks over his shoulder at the speaker.] Flynn! What are the odds of--
[He pauses mid-sentence, and that excitement at seeing his old friend fades to confusion and curiosity almost instantly.] Flynn?
[Turning fully to get a better look at you, buddy. Your voice is the same, but your appearance? Black clothing, flowing in a way he hadn't seen since the dress that Yori had created for herself those many, many cycles ago, and hardly a line of circuitry in sight - and that wasn't taking into account the differences in his face, or in his shape.] Is it really you?
This is going to be equal parts painful and hilarious, I can feel it.
But then that hand had been placed on his shoulder, and the User had spoken to him. Today must be a day for impossible things happening with no warning - he might be an altered copy of the original, and it might have been a few hundred cycles, but that wasn't nearly enough to erase his memory of the owner of that voice.
So, there's a look of surprise and, dare we almost say, delight on his face when he looks over his shoulder at the speaker.] Flynn! What are the odds of--
[He pauses mid-sentence, and that excitement at seeing his old friend fades to confusion and curiosity almost instantly.] Flynn?
[Turning fully to get a better look at you, buddy. Your voice is the same, but your appearance? Black clothing, flowing in a way he hadn't seen since the dress that Yori had created for herself those many, many cycles ago, and hardly a line of circuitry in sight - and that wasn't taking into account the differences in his face, or in his shape.] Is it really you?
[You look... very different, buddy.]