455 came back in tears.
"Host, 730 said I was a threat to it. Boohoo... my helplessness proved to be my downfall..."
Xie De was drying his hair. Without looking up, he aimed the hair dryer at the ends. "What did you do?"
455 said pitifully, "I just talked to it a little about my past. You know I used to work in the Main God Space. Then I was discarded, and after I escaped, I bound myself to you, determined to settle down and make something of myself in this world. I thought my story was pretty inspirational."
"It is pretty inspirational..."
Xie De paused with the hair dryer still aimed at his ends. "Wait, you escaped?"
455 scratched its head. "Huh, did I never mention that?"
"455, I think the two of us need to come clean, too. When did you ever tell me you escaped? Don't tell me the Main God Space still has you on its wanted list."
Xie De put down the hair dryer and swept his hair back. As he leisurely tied it up, he said, "Then I'd better cut ties with you fast. If the Main God System comes looking, I'll say you forced the binding on me and I didn't know a thing."
"(๑⁼д⁼๑), so that's the kind of person you are! I completely misjudged you!"
"You're only finding that out today?"
455 said, "(˙꒫˙`), look at you, selling out your buddy right to his face. Well, you don't need to worry, because I already crippled the Main God System. It'll take at least a few decades before it can catch me."
Xie De wasn't surprised in the slightest. If anything, his tone turned teasing. "Oh, that's the 455 I know."
"Of course." 455 was about to brag, then abruptly changed tack.