#it was kind of a protective shock/reaction after a boundary had been crossed yknow

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Shep roughly how often does Etho attempt to interface with BDubs?

I don’t think it’s ever really a conscious decision (he knows that he won’t ever be able to actually “sync” or interface in the way the mechanic is designed to work, since Bdubs is human)—but after they’re together (and admittedly, likely a few times before then on accident—hence the gloves to try to prevent it—), I imagine it just kinda happens sometimes. It’s an unconscious slip here and there, the skin on his fingers or cheek or wherever Bdubs is sweetly/softly touching just slowly melding away, kind of as a vulnerable show of affection/intimacy, most of the time unintentional.

I will say though (and i think I’ve mentioned this somewhere? Idk where), the “exposed white shell” of the androids’ forms are actually more sensitive to physical sensation! Something something about the skin overlay creating a muted buffer between an android’s touch sensors and the world :] So when they reveal their shell/it gets damaged and they can’t put the skin-tone overlay over it, the exposed parts are a little more vulnerable, both in the intimate sense and also in the like. Damage sense. If that makes sense! LOL