"We did have it pretty good. And I mean, I...hated you, a lot. Still do. It's frustrating, you know," Sollux cuts into his own train of thought. "I can't do much to you like this, besides be annoying or throw you into walls. And there's even less you can do to me without compromising the whole defense system. It sucks."

Pause.

"Are you going to give me a kiss, when you see me? I don't remember much of what kissing was like. Or any of it, really. Everything gets overrun with datadatadata. My organic memory isn't as perfect as the mechanical stuff."