Oh, uh— [And here, 9S was just lifting a hand to pull his holographic interface up. He really does need the occasional reminder that privacy sort of matters to some people so of course A2 wouldn't want to get maintenance right here and now. Where's a helpful machine when they need them?] I was headed to this house I'm repairing, out on the western part of the island.

[Parties are nice and all, but he's seen so many in such rapid succession that it's a little overwhelming even for him. Maybe that's owed to how alone he felt, even if it was for a far shorter period of time than A2. For someone who had always yearned for companionship, that loneliness had been oppressive]

I've got a few other projects there, too. Feels sort of funny being idle, when I've got things like that to do.