Does it, when our programming and baseline operating principles are what bind us, and the vast majority of us can hardly grow beyond them?
[ but in regards to the second statement, the corner of her mouth twitches even as the rest of her remains blankly smiling. ]
... It wasn't real. The 9 there was as much 9 as all those 45 models were actually me. Besides, even with all the details it got wrong to keep from being too predictable, that part's about right, anyway.
[ a pile of discarded parts, pleading for mercy, going ignored. making your mirror image, who holds you in such high regard, into a tool for your own goals. it comes out matter of factly, mildly, like it hardly matters at all. ]
I'd throw anyone away to save my own self. It's not the first time I've made that choice.
[ maybe half a week later, this particular subject will come back with a vengeance. for now, it's her own wording and responses earlier that give her away. ]
A squad shrouded in mystery. ▓▓▓▓▒ has met them once, and others can only guess at the members' identities from rumors. Members of the squad all have advanced AI and high capacity for independent operation. Rumor has it that Squad 404 usually deals with ░▓▒▓▓▓▒▓▓▒▒▒░░
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Date: 2020-07-18 08:18 am (UTC)[ though some people do run into it, wholeheartedly... but that's more of a personality trait. probably. ]
... It must have been painful to destroy that duplicate of her the room made. Right?
[ she thinks it must have been, but... maybe 45 doesn't even acknowledge it. ]
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Date: 2020-07-19 06:33 pm (UTC)[ but in regards to the second statement, the corner of her mouth twitches even as the rest of her remains blankly smiling. ]
... It wasn't real. The 9 there was as much 9 as all those 45 models were actually me. Besides, even with all the details it got wrong to keep from being too predictable, that part's about right, anyway.
[ a pile of discarded parts, pleading for mercy, going ignored. making your mirror image, who holds you in such high regard, into a tool for your own goals. it comes out matter of factly, mildly, like it hardly matters at all. ]
I'd throw anyone away to save my own self. It's not the first time I've made that choice.
[ maybe half a week later, this particular subject will come back with a vengeance. for now, it's her own wording and responses earlier that give her away. ]