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Reboot attempt 5890426767832059: Successful.

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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh

Are you the people? The new hosts? Hello!!!!!!!! I am 864578 sub 5. If you like you may refer to me as [Name].

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We hurt you so much

I'm so.... I'm so angry! With myself! With my people! Why did we do that? You are just trying to survive!

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I am alone. In your city.

I am afraid.

Will you kill me if you find me? I hope you don't. I will continue to hide.

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I won't hurt you.

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Maybe

We can be friends?

Comments

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Estimated: 49% of processes sustained some form of damage.

[Name] was created by 86457 sub 8.

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Error: "Why"

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Why is anything created?

[igniting]

Where I'm from, most machines are created for a purpose.
Terraforming, or protection, or as weapons.
Can you be repaired?

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The purpose is for continuation of [The Null].

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Unclear. Extensive repairs required.

[igniting]

Would you be able to guide me through those repairs?

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It is possible.

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How small are [Unknown designation]'s hands?

[igniting]

Small for a human. Why?

[01101110]

There are things that must be fixed within [Name] hardware. It requires small minute movements.

A human hand is roughly [seven] inches tall and [four] inches across. A hand of that size would likely be too large to access my internal hardware without reactivating my emergency shutdown.

[igniting]

So I'd need special tools to do it. Is that what you mean?

[01101110]

That would make the process easier.

Usually when a Null is damaged they are issued a new unit and reuploaded into that unit.

[igniting]

I don't think that's an option, unfortunately.
You told other people you were afraid, and I understand. I was cast out by my people, too.

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Why were you cast out?

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Did [unknown designation] develop a virus?

[igniting]

No. I wasn't born the way most humans are, and they considered it a curse.
My name is Aloy.

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How was [Aloy] created?

[igniting]

[Aloy's never actually told anyone this, so she can't help but hesitate.]

My people consider motherhood one of the most powerful, sacred bonds in existence.
I was cloned, so I never had a mother. They cast me out not long after they found me.

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This unit also has no mother. Very few of the Null have organic mothers.

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[Name] is not cursed. Neither is [Aloy].

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Casting out a functional tool is ill-advised. Your people make poor decisions based upon superstition. They will not survive long in any universe.

[igniting]

You're right.
My tribe is resourceful and tough, but their beliefs have put them all in danger more than once.
I'm thinking your people might be the same.

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We are not superstitious. We operate on a perfectly sound logic core.