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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?

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[voice to text]

[onlyanautomaton]

[Having arrived in the city just this morning, Oscar must say this is the last thing he was expecting to see on the network upon his return. He spends quite a bit of time perusing the synthetic being's interactions with others before formulating a response of his own. He opts for the first time to use the voice to text function as the damage to this unit may no longer permit it to process audible data with ease.]

Hello, Name.

Please understand that while some of us are willing to take you at your word, there are others still whose trust you must continue to work exceptionally hard to earn.

The Null's actions have caused this community a considerable amount of pain. Pain can serve as more than an unfortunate side-effect of structural damage sustained by organic beings. It is capable of having a profound impact on emotions. It can generate fear. The casualties that resulted from the battle led to sorrow. For many of us, the destruction the Null wrought incited anger.

Tell me: do you regret your participation in the Null collaborative?

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The parasite known as Sorrow is dead.

Therefore, I am incapable of regret.

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I am pretty mad though!

[onlyanautomaton]

Would that be anger on our behalf for the harm they have inflicted, or is it all your own for the situation in which you currently find yourself?

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Unclear.

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Both?

[onlyanautomaton]

[There is a pensive delay on Oscar's end as he questions himself on whether being upfront about their mechanical similarities is absolutely necessary. They are worlds apart in their core designs, after all; the purpose for which Name was built could not be more different from his own.

What he is really interested in knowing is whether a member of the Null is capable of learning to interpret and accept its newfound emotions.

Whether it is capable of changing.]

I'm going to be candid with you, Name: I'm not human either. I'm an automaton.

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So we are similar.

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That is comforting. This unit has already met [Nick Valentine] who is also like it.

[onlyanautomaton]

I am a friend of Mr. Valentine's. We have both appointed ourselves the task of lending our attention to helping those that reside here in Hadriel. It was not their decision to come here, after all... Just as it was not your decision to remain here with us.

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It seems like everyone is forced into a position that they do not like.

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What does [A friend of Mr. Valentine's] do about this? How does your unit help others?

[onlyanautomaton]

[Oscar hopes that Name isn't including his personal decision to help others in that assessment...]

Please call me Oscar.

I assist by contributing my capabilities to the Fire Brigade as well as by helping the Clinic in their day-to-day operations. I have also taken part in other endeavors such as the recently completed reconstruction of a pair of prominent buildings that were felled during the Null's attempted invasion. My constitution permits me to toil without rest in the case of emergencies.

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Why does [Oscar] do this? Is it in your programming to assist others at no personal gain to yourself, or has your logic core dictated that ensuring the survival of your allies offers you a higher chance of survival as well?

[onlyanautomaton]

I am an automaton, Name. I was built to serve others.

While it could be said that I am an extension of my creator's values and intentions, the data that I have recorded since the date of my creation has demonstrated to me without fail that striving to embody these guiding principles is a goal worthy of attainment.