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[For those who frequent the tops of the various climbable buildings in Hadriel, they might recognize that this broadcast is from the roof of one of them due to the angle; otherwise it's just a rapidly darkening cloudy sky for a backdrop, sun setting and rain clearly threatening to roll in at any time.

It's pretty, and that may or may not be the reason why Connor is out on a roof in the first place, but it's definitely not the point of this impromptu broadcast. He's just been wondering some things, and it's in his nature to actively search out answers rather than waiting for them to come to him, so he's decided to just go for it.]

Hello everyone; my name is Connor, and I just arrived a few days ago.

[Always good to start with introductions, and also to avoid saying exactly how many days or hours it's been since a given time when pretending to be human. He's getting a little better at this.]

I've been catching up on the situation at hand, and although the context is somewhat different, there are parallels to current events in my world that are difficult to ignore. Before I arrived, we were dealing with what might be the beginning of a civil war between humans and machines.

[He's trying to tread carefully, projecting enough genuine interest without sounding over-invested. He's just asking, after all, nothing more; there's definitely no personal reason why he wants to know.]

So I'm curious; I'm aware that what the Null have done is enough reason to be against them, but does what they are play any role in your feelings toward them?

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Humans an' machines? What's causing a big tiff between them in the first place?

The question of free will. Humans claim the machines are malfunctioning and dangerous, the machines claim they've evolved beyond their programming and have the right to make their own choices.

[And so: fighting.]

Sounds dumb. Real dumb.

[But is it any surprise? Lup's seen her own brother declare that they should destroy an entire civilization of automatons instead of allowing their enemy to get stronger. Lup had quickly shut that suggestion down.]

Don't get me wrong. The Null deserve to get fucked, but it isn't a robot hate kinda thing. It's that they put me on a hitlist and purposely sent hitmen after little kids.

Which part of it?

[Not that he's arguing; it's stupid, for sure, though far more on one side than the other. But he can't tell which part she might think is ridiculous, especially as humans have been steadfastly calling it ridiculous that androids may have evolved beyond their programming.]

I've been hearing a little about that, but I don't understand exactly why they would do such a thing.

Anyone thinking their life has more value than someone else's. Fucking stupid.

[Whether it's a machine or a pair of young elves left unwanted by their family, no one should ever be seen as less compared to someone else. No one's lives, manufactured or otherwise, were that meaningless.]

Fuckin' same. They popped in wanting help against the liches in charge, but then decided to turn against us instead. Big mistake.

[Alright, he thinks he likes Lup, at least for now. She's definitely on the 'not as terrible' list, anyway.]

I agree.

[But unfortunately the humans don't exactly see it that way. But he's trying to maintain the appearance of neutrality on that issue, so moving on--]

What was the point?

I'd like to know myself. Up until that point, I'd say a huge chunk of the population was totally on their side, ready to work with 'em to take out the shitheads in charge.

So they really just went an' fucked themselves over by targeting the kids.

Did they give any reason for asking you to kill people?

[the elf's long ears dip down a little in thought.]

It was anyone who dared to defy their orders. The ones who didn't want to rise up against the liches in charge an' kill 'em.

I presume from previous responses that was most people? Why didn't those here want to help them 'rise up'?

[He isn't asking it judgmentally--even if he might feel that way a bit--because he just genuinely wants to know.]

That's the thing. A lot of folks did wanna help them, myself included. The issue was the Null wanting to go after the ones who didn't. Trying to split up our ranks, make us go after each other.

Big mistake.

Wouldn't that have been the end result anyway? If the gods and Null wanted to fight, and some of those here chose different sides?

Hey, don't start questioning me about why they had faulty programming or whatever. I never claimed it made any sense.

They wanted to kill the dickheads in charge. Some folks agreed, some not so much. They decided to go after anyone who disagreed, specifically targetin' the kids. Then lost all support they originally had.

That's about it.

[He... Decides not to clarify that he'd meant it in terms of why people here got mad about one side wanting them to fight those who were intending to help the other side, since that would've happened either way, but it's probably better not to mention that considering the response.]

I see. Thank you, for answering my questions.

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