[The voice comes before Aiba climbs on the table, the hamster thing waddling until she's a few inches from the edge of the other side of the table, and stands there.
.........
On second thought, perhaps talking about this kind of topic goes better when you do so with a human than with...her real self. Taking advantage of the direct line of sight to his eyes, Aiba augments reality to project into his retinas the sight of her human self sitting to the other side of the table, looking right at him]
You were having a difficult time today during the trial, didn't you? I cannot say it with certainty, but it seemed like you were struggling.
Restaurant
[The voice comes before Aiba climbs on the table, the hamster thing waddling until she's a few inches from the edge of the other side of the table, and stands there.
.........
On second thought, perhaps talking about this kind of topic goes better when you do so with a human than with...her real self. Taking advantage of the direct line of sight to his eyes, Aiba augments reality to project into his retinas the sight of her human self sitting to the other side of the table, looking right at him]
You were having a difficult time today during the trial, didn't you? I cannot say it with certainty, but it seemed like you were struggling.
[Dissociation, yeah]