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I feel like Brendan’s use of ‘damaged’ over ‘hurt’ must be inherently painful for Sulla- implicitly reminding her of her synth status :-(
Ow…
(Protect Sulla Pinsky 2k16)
I agree. I’m surprised he would say that to her to be honest. Even if you don’t consider her feelings it’s just weird to say to another sentient being “are you damaged?”
Myself and a few people I’m close to say “Can you function?” But that’s mostly just us saying “I know you’re depressed and messed up but can you make it through this?”
I wonder if the damaged part isn’t actually so much how Brendan thinks of the situation, but more of a coping mechanism. If someone is hurt or hurting, you can’t always fix it. If something is damaged, I can see mentally people equating that to something that can always be fixed.