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hadriel2018-07-17 10:14 pm
missiondeterminant) wrote in hadriel2018-07-17 10:14 pm
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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?
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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Plenty of robots or whatever know how to play nice, even the sentient ones. These particular ones just use logic as an excuse to hurt the most vulnerable bystanders to their conflict.
[She shrugs.]
At least that's been my take on it. I wasn't here for the invasion. Anyway, prejudice against machines certainly doesn't play a part in it for me. I don't have a problem with machines in general, whether or not they're people.
How 'bout you?
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Do we know why they chose to harm the people here rather than just the gods?
[He can think of all sorts of reasons why they would and has already discussed this subject with someone else, but he wants to hear her opinion on it.
As for her question--]
Making decisions based on notions of what a machine should or shouldn't be caused the problems we're facing in my world.
[So he doesn't have a problem with them, although he's completely leaving out the fact that he is one. He's also leaving out that he isn't super fond of humans in general at the moment either, because no need to acknowledge that hypocrisy.]
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[That's what she was led to believe, anyway. Whether she made the conclusion herself or it was hinted at by someone else, she doesn't remember at this point.
She doesn't know how involved or not involved he is with the conflict in his world, but it seems like it at least affected him enough that it made a lasting impression. She notes that he apparently agrees with her on the subject, but doesn't know enough about him to make any snap judgments on him as a person.
Besides, civil war affects everyone, whether they want it to or not.]
Well, I can see how that could happen. People like to feel ownership over others. If they had a designated person they could control, they might not feel very happy with that person gaining a backbone. That kind of thing happens even between fellow humans, not just humans and machines.
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Many of those here seem to be on the gods' side of the conflict as well, so they could've been seen as threats.
[He imagines it's likely a combination of both reasons, but he doesn't have enough information to truly say for sure.
He pays close attention to her next response as well, because that's both extremely accurate and somewhat encouraging in that she sees the issue in such a way. It makes him even more inclined to believe she's telling the truth on her personal stance.]
That is a core issue, yes. It doesn't help that these machines are often several thousand dollars, and even more for a specialized model.
[Connor himself is worth a slightly ridiculous amount of money, and he takes quiet, spiteful pleasure in knowing that going deviant cost CyberLife so much even if it's still nowhere near a dent in their fortune.
And Avisheh isn't wrong in her last comment, either.]
You would think humanity would learn.
[But they don't, apparently, and maybe never really have. They've been repeating the same mistakes for their entire history, after all, and they even admit it at times.]