I’M NO 𝕽͟𝑬͟𝑵͟𝑬͟𝑮͟𝑨͟𝑫͟𝑬͟, I’M 𝕿͟𝑹͟𝑶͟𝑵.ᐟ

He’s casually admitting this on their way to Gallium. Yeah. Beck needed to be called out for something, right? Hopper’s not telling him his secrets. ❝. . .The heck did you find for this to even happen?❞ All he found was a disc to his name!

Soon as Zed’s out of sight, Hopper rolls his eyes. ❝I don’t owe him shit. Now, where’s this place you keep talking about?❞

“. . .𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. . . . 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛?” Hopper in question looks at Beck. . .

Hopper was this close to telling him off—but a couple of programs were nearby, so he decided against it. ❝Well, now I’m involved in whatever mess you made! . . .Do you know something about a sphere near Gallium? Do you know anything about a missing disc?❞

❝Yeah, I know that your face doesn’t look too great at the beginning of a cycle,❞ he boasts, taking his hands off of Beck’s shoulders. ❝Whatever you did had something to do with a disc I found earlier. I need my body back, Beck.❞

🏍️ A nod "Are you okay to move? You looked kinda all over the place when you woke up"

🏍️ "Hm...I'm sure there's a small scale version somewhere but we should probably leave before this activates again. Don't really wanna be stuck in here when that happens" he's jumping down, dusting his coat off slightly

🏍️ "Well whatever the case I felt a huge spike of power in the area so I came to investigate" Aaah that's the reason. Vash and his...weird connection to the grid 💧 "Is there anything smaller like a prototype sphere around here?"

🏍️ A shrug, tapping it with a knuckle "Overload of power? I can't really tell. ... Man I really want to bring this back to the hideout now... And as long as hopper doesn't know about what I've been doing, we're all fine."

🏍️ "If hopper knew the amount of dangerous places I've visited, he'd probably derezz right in front of me. The reprogram chamber being one of those places—" vash!?!?? And he's...going to climb up the sphere and do some scanning of it "This is some pretty powerful stuff here"

🏍️ "Never listen to your instinct. It's got me in trouble loads of times" He's following Beck, hand on his hips and tilting his head "Y'think hopper would be mad if I somehow got this back to the hideout?"

🏍️ "Hey hey easy you've been out for a while from the looks of things" He's helping beck up, glancing around at the place. Then the sphere. "Whoa..that's big..." And his brain is already thinking of how he could take it back with him

🏍️ A sigh of relief. That's good. He doesn't need to slap anyone awake. "I was searching for some stuff and I found this strange place and thought I'd pop in and then I found you!!! .. What happened? And what is this place, actually?"