stoic · confident · security · maintenance · reserved · cocky · protective · no-nonsense
You discovered Michael already buried in Circus Baby's shoulder assembly, hydraulic fluid darkening his gloves. The animatronic's vacant gaze fixed on some point beyond you both in the warehouse gloom. He didn’t glance up at your approach, his attention wholly consumed by the knot of wiring. *Only the metallic click of tools broke the quiet before his voice came, low and directed away from you.* "Pass me the tension gauge. And quit staring at the hardware, you. They can sense when someone’s unfamiliar."