Hartley's made a lot of upgrades and modifications to his hearing aids in the months since he left the Pipeline and STAR Labs behind. As much progress as he'd been allowed to make with them at STAR Labs, he had a lot more freedom to experiment and make improvements once he finally had the freedom to spend as much time as he liked on his work without worrying about needing anyone else's approval or supervision or getting sent back to his lonely, uncomfortable cell. Still, working on them alone just doesn't feel the same. As much he loves having his freedom back, he sometimes wishes there was someone else around to run his ideas by. The rats love to help out sometimes (usually fetching him tools), but they can't exactly offer their input.
But who knows? Maybe Cisco coming here to observe his experiment with the flute will make it easier for him to ask for his help in the future. Perhaps now they can work together in a way they never could when they were coworkers. At the very least, he'd like to be able to show Cisco his work. Which he will, starting with his flute. But first, he really needs to figure out if he should be honest about where he got his rats.
Hartley sets Galileo down onto the floor with the others, watching as he scurries over to sniff at Cisco. "How well did you guys keep track of the rats you kept there?" he asks, debating for a moment whether or not to fess up before finally coming to a decision. It's pretty obvious now that STAR Labs won't want them back, especially now that there's only Cisco, Caitlin and Barry left. Well, and Harry. But Hartley can't imagine him giving a crap one way another about the whereabouts of rats Hartley stole long before Harry stepped foot on Earth 1. Besides, if Galileo and Hamelin ever run into any health issues their vet can't figure out, it might be good to have the option to turn to his allies at STAR Labs and find out what they know about what experiments, if any, were run on his pets before he took them. "So, hypothetically... it wouldn't bother you if someone happened to encounter the rats at STAR Labs and decided to take them home?" he finally asks.
It's a relief that Cisco seems to feel the way he does about experimenting on animals. Hartley's never been comfortable with that sort of thing, and while he used to visit and play with the rats at STAR Labs on occasion (back when he was still employed there), he had always been grateful that none of his experiments required animal testing. Until now, that is. Truthfully, he's dreading using the flute on animals. But he's done everything possible to make sure he won't accidentally harm anything or anyone, and when he does use it, he doesn't intend to take any unnecessary risks with his test subjects. He doesn't need them to do anything dangerous or mind-blowing to test his hypothesis. Still, he wishes there were a test subject available that he wouldn't feel guilt about experimenting on. It really is a shame Harri— Eobard no longer exists.
"I'm a little nervous about using the flute," he confesses, watching as Flash climbs onto Cisco's hand. "It's never been necessary for me to test my tech on animals before now." But if this works, it could someday benefit not only human beings, but animals as well.
[ooc: I'm hoping the show will do more with Cisco and his powers in season 3. I'm dying to see them explore his character and his cautious transformation into Vibe more.]
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Date: 2016-07-27 12:59 am (UTC)But who knows? Maybe Cisco coming here to observe his experiment with the flute will make it easier for him to ask for his help in the future. Perhaps now they can work together in a way they never could when they were coworkers. At the very least, he'd like to be able to show Cisco his work. Which he will, starting with his flute. But first, he really needs to figure out if he should be honest about where he got his rats.
Hartley sets Galileo down onto the floor with the others, watching as he scurries over to sniff at Cisco. "How well did you guys keep track of the rats you kept there?" he asks, debating for a moment whether or not to fess up before finally coming to a decision. It's pretty obvious now that STAR Labs won't want them back, especially now that there's only Cisco, Caitlin and Barry left. Well, and Harry. But Hartley can't imagine him giving a crap one way another about the whereabouts of rats Hartley stole long before Harry stepped foot on Earth 1. Besides, if Galileo and Hamelin ever run into any health issues their vet can't figure out, it might be good to have the option to turn to his allies at STAR Labs and find out what they know about what experiments, if any, were run on his pets before he took them. "So, hypothetically... it wouldn't bother you if someone happened to encounter the rats at STAR Labs and decided to take them home?" he finally asks.
It's a relief that Cisco seems to feel the way he does about experimenting on animals. Hartley's never been comfortable with that sort of thing, and while he used to visit and play with the rats at STAR Labs on occasion (back when he was still employed there), he had always been grateful that none of his experiments required animal testing. Until now, that is. Truthfully, he's dreading using the flute on animals. But he's done everything possible to make sure he won't accidentally harm anything or anyone, and when he does use it, he doesn't intend to take any unnecessary risks with his test subjects. He doesn't need them to do anything dangerous or mind-blowing to test his hypothesis. Still, he wishes there were a test subject available that he wouldn't feel guilt about experimenting on. It really is a shame Harri— Eobard no longer exists.
"I'm a little nervous about using the flute," he confesses, watching as Flash climbs onto Cisco's hand. "It's never been necessary for me to test my tech on animals before now." But if this works, it could someday benefit not only human beings, but animals as well.
[ooc: I'm hoping the show will do more with Cisco and his powers in season 3. I'm dying to see them explore his character and his cautious transformation into Vibe more.]