[The Fourth's body is as immobile as ever, though the screens in the room glow with a dim light. Their low buzzing is like a hum of the Fourth's thoughts.
Electricity lightly crackles around the bed of wires surrounding the body, and they begin to spark in a patter, beckoning Marco closer. A single screen at the base, just above the ruined machine, goes sharply blue.]
it's not your fault marco we didnt do it it's not our fault i wanted them to help they just needed to take away the bad bits maybe the fog's corruption is worse than i thought
ill fix it ill stop them we can figure this out
[A crackle of electricity loops around Marco, light shining down on him like a spotlight.]
no subject
Electricity lightly crackles around the bed of wires surrounding the body, and they begin to spark in a patter, beckoning Marco closer. A single screen at the base, just above the ruined machine, goes sharply blue.]
it's not your fault marco
we didnt do it
it's not our fault
i wanted them to help
they just needed to take away the bad bits
maybe the fog's corruption is worse than i thought
ill fix it
ill stop them
we can figure this out
[A crackle of electricity loops around Marco, light shining down on him like a spotlight.]
it's okay
right marco?
ill make them work right