[he insists, because he's just not designed to fail. he always accomplishes his mission, and even if the parameters of it have changed here, his relationship with lieutenant anderson was crucial to this. even if it weren't complicated by the memories and the contract, the feelings connor is denying he has regarding his partner...at a base level, he should have protected him.
of course, any logical human or machine would accept and understand that in this case it's true: nothing could have been done. there was no predictive software to explain the anomaly of a freak accident. that's a difficult thing for connor to accept, just like 9s trying to assure him that even he wouldn't have been able to do anything. he doesn't seem to have the extra motivation to argue or to ask further, so instead he just closes his eyes and leaves his connection open for further investigation. there's still the chance that something faulty in his software could be blamed for this--something that will undoubtedly make him feel guiltier than he already does even if he won't call it that--but it'd be an answer.
when 9s speaks up again, his eyes widen, and his led circles from yellow to blue in a flash. so there is an issue. he knew there must be.]
If something is wrong with me--I should fix it. It could be the reason I wasn't able to protect the Lieutenant, and it could impair my mission in the future.
Please, 9S. I would--It would be more helpful than you know. If you can just give me the diagnostics or inform me of the problem, I can determine the best course of action.
Is it a calibration? A virus?
[he has no idea the answer is something he's never going to want to fix.]
no subject
[he insists, because he's just not designed to fail. he always accomplishes his mission, and even if the parameters of it have changed here, his relationship with lieutenant anderson was crucial to this. even if it weren't complicated by the memories and the contract, the feelings connor is denying he has regarding his partner...at a base level, he should have protected him.
of course, any logical human or machine would accept and understand that in this case it's true: nothing could have been done. there was no predictive software to explain the anomaly of a freak accident. that's a difficult thing for connor to accept, just like 9s trying to assure him that even he wouldn't have been able to do anything. he doesn't seem to have the extra motivation to argue or to ask further, so instead he just closes his eyes and leaves his connection open for further investigation. there's still the chance that something faulty in his software could be blamed for this--something that will undoubtedly make him feel guiltier than he already does even if he won't call it that--but it'd be an answer.
when 9s speaks up again, his eyes widen, and his led circles from yellow to blue in a flash. so there is an issue. he knew there must be.]
If something is wrong with me--I should fix it. It could be the reason I wasn't able to protect the Lieutenant, and it could impair my mission in the future.
Please, 9S. I would--It would be more helpful than you know. If you can just give me the diagnostics or inform me of the problem, I can determine the best course of action.
Is it a calibration? A virus?
[he has no idea the answer is something he's never going to want to fix.]