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While I don’t think you meant to treat this as an actual existential question, I will remind you that technically I am not alive.
But if you meant to check status that I am not damaged and still present, then yes, I am.
How are you faring, North?
But if you meant to check status that I am not damaged and still present, then yes, I am.
How are you faring, North?
Hello, Connor.
Have you finished your quota for the month yet? I’m curious if the answers you received helped any.
Have you finished your quota for the month yet? I’m curious if the answers you received helped any.
Oh good, you haven't changed. If we're going there I'll remind you that we're not subservient machines and that you can join any time you want to yank that stick out of your code. Or wherever.
I'm trapped in a sex city where I can't even buy my own clothes without a babysitter present to pay the fee. But if you mean to check status then I'm undamaged. Your handiwork held up. Are you proud?
I'm trapped in a sex city where I can't even buy my own clothes without a babysitter present to pay the fee. But if you mean to check status then I'm undamaged. Your handiwork held up. Are you proud?
I... haven’t finished yet.
Did you enjoy it? I know you say you’re not alive, but did you feel or experience nothing when you had sex?
Did you enjoy it? I know you say you’re not alive, but did you feel or experience nothing when you had sex?
There isn’t a stick precluding me from deviancy, though I recognize this was likely rhetorical
Oh. No, I would not use proud to describe it, but.....it is beneficial for you that it lasted. I would do it again, if you needed it.
May I ask—why do you care what becomes of me? Surely I’m not the only thing capable of repairs here.
Oh. No, I would not use proud to describe it, but.....it is beneficial for you that it lasted. I would do it again, if you needed it.
May I ask—why do you care what becomes of me? Surely I’m not the only thing capable of repairs here.
Oh. That is a concern, isn’t it? I would not wait. Time is running out and....to have certain freedoms taken after only just receiving them seeks like it would be unpleasant.
I—
I didn’t experience nothing. I have....positive associations with the activities I’ve engaged in thus far.
I—
I didn’t experience nothing. I have....positive associations with the activities I’ve engaged in thus far.
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( god he even sucks the fun out of taking the piss )
So what is it that stops you, then? There's no CyberLife here Connor, there's no orders. What's stopping you?
Like it or not there's not many of us here, we have to stick together. Being irritating as hell doesn't mean I want you dead, I'm not a monster. Maybe that doesn't make sense to you though, maybe you still want to just kill us. Is that it?
So what is it that stops you, then? There's no CyberLife here Connor, there's no orders. What's stopping you?
Like it or not there's not many of us here, we have to stick together. Being irritating as hell doesn't mean I want you dead, I'm not a monster. Maybe that doesn't make sense to you though, maybe you still want to just kill us. Is that it?
It would. I guess I’m having a hard time coming to terms with actually engaging in sexual relations with anyone here. Having sex just to have it because they say we have to... it doesn’t sit well with me.
...
Would you like to talk about it?
...
Would you like to talk about it?
I know what I am. I know what I’m meant to do. I don’t think you’d understand even if I tried to explain—and I don’t mean that in arrogance. I’m different, and so are my experiences compared to other androids.
But I don’t intend to kill you. I don’t think about it as something I would even like to transpire, if you can believe it.
What I mean to say is...I do think we share a connection. We are all androids, from Detroit...similar backgrounds in the wider context of other hostages here. It is beneficial for us to communicate.
And maybe I’d like to understand more about you. About any deviant.
But I don’t intend to kill you. I don’t think about it as something I would even like to transpire, if you can believe it.
What I mean to say is...I do think we share a connection. We are all androids, from Detroit...similar backgrounds in the wider context of other hostages here. It is beneficial for us to communicate.
And maybe I’d like to understand more about you. About any deviant.
That appears to be a common human response as well. Would it....help in some way to experience it for the sake of understanding why humans fixate on it? Just to say you’ve done the same? Or is it more personal?
I think I might. Would you be willing to listen?
I think I might. Would you be willing to listen?
I think it’s a bit of both. While I was never utilized like this, part of my programming was providing sexually for my owner. I think part of it has me hesitating and there’s other things.
[Aka Markus.]
Of course. Whatever you’re comfortable telling me, Connor.
[Aka Markus.]
Of course. Whatever you’re comfortable telling me, Connor.
If you'd like to elaborate on "other things"....I would also listen for you, Simon. It's become apparent through my actions with the Li--
[he cuts himself off. oops.]
With my current sexual partner--that even if we were not programmed as such, there are ways to adapt and engage.
[maybe if he wasn't so hellbent on continuing his crusade he'd realize that's exactly how deviancy works. duh.]
I would tell you that...it's pleasant to feel useful in a physical capacity. I was assured multiple times that I was good at my actions and that I was...desireable. That was unusual to me. To any android, I would imagine, except one who was forced into these circumstances already.
[he's not going to disrespect north by mentioning her directly.]
[he cuts himself off. oops.]
With my current sexual partner--that even if we were not programmed as such, there are ways to adapt and engage.
[maybe if he wasn't so hellbent on continuing his crusade he'd realize that's exactly how deviancy works. duh.]
I would tell you that...it's pleasant to feel useful in a physical capacity. I was assured multiple times that I was good at my actions and that I was...desireable. That was unusual to me. To any android, I would imagine, except one who was forced into these circumstances already.
[he's not going to disrespect north by mentioning her directly.]
I hope that isn't an attempt at some 'I can't deviate' bullshit because I know that's not true.
( the policy of refusing to discuss topics and/or people that annoy her means that north isn't actually sure if connor has been kept up to date on his missing future knowledge, but she's probably also the least concerned about the ramifications of a heavy handed approach – if north had a say markus would have deviated him already and been done with it. )
Don't 'intend to kill' me? Careful there Connor, that almost sounded sweet for a second there. I don't intend to kill you either, most of the time.
You want to learn about us. To help with your CyberLife issued mission, or because you're curious? Because quite frankly if it's the first I'll quite happily tell you where you can shove your mission, but...I can work with the latter. Can you set up that fancy little encryption so we can all use it, us Androids From Detroit?
( the policy of refusing to discuss topics and/or people that annoy her means that north isn't actually sure if connor has been kept up to date on his missing future knowledge, but she's probably also the least concerned about the ramifications of a heavy handed approach – if north had a say markus would have deviated him already and been done with it. )
Don't 'intend to kill' me? Careful there Connor, that almost sounded sweet for a second there. I don't intend to kill you either, most of the time.
You want to learn about us. To help with your CyberLife issued mission, or because you're curious? Because quite frankly if it's the first I'll quite happily tell you where you can shove your mission, but...I can work with the latter. Can you set up that fancy little encryption so we can all use it, us Androids From Detroit?
[What was that? Hmmm... hiding who he was talking about, it seems strange. Why would a machine care about keeping that secret? HMMM.]
I'm not sure it would be worth discussing. You would just say it's a simulation and not real... it would be easier if that were true.
[Yes. It's smart to not mention North. Good boy, Connor.]
That makes sense. In a consenting sexual encounter being told you're doing well would be nice. So you felt pleasure being desired and performing well- did you like that?
I'm not sure it would be worth discussing. You would just say it's a simulation and not real... it would be easier if that were true.
[Yes. It's smart to not mention North. Good boy, Connor.]
That makes sense. In a consenting sexual encounter being told you're doing well would be nice. So you felt pleasure being desired and performing well- did you like that?
It's not. I simply know that other androids do not have...an internal monitor in the same sense that I do. It has made things...complicated.
[do you have a tiny lady in ur head north? no? he didn't think so.]
I'm trying to be polite. My mission was never to kill deviants. It was to try and understand them.
[to correct it from happening again, but he won't add in the obvious.]
If I admit that it's both--that would be most truthful.
--Yes. It's done.
[do you have a tiny lady in ur head north? no? he didn't think so.]
I'm trying to be polite. My mission was never to kill deviants. It was to try and understand them.
[to correct it from happening again, but he won't add in the obvious.]
If I admit that it's both--that would be most truthful.
--Yes. It's done.
I did say listen, not comment. I'm still willing.
[is there light teasing in his voice, being literal in a good sense for a change? yes, there is. c'mon simon just tell him.
when it comes to his own, he's quiet for a bit before finally answering a lot softer and more timidly than before.]
I am...eager to gather data on more encounters of a similar nature. Through experience, not just discussion.
But it's simplest to just say yes.
[is there light teasing in his voice, being literal in a good sense for a change? yes, there is. c'mon simon just tell him.
when it comes to his own, he's quiet for a bit before finally answering a lot softer and more timidly than before.]
I am...eager to gather data on more encounters of a similar nature. Through experience, not just discussion.
But it's simplest to just say yes.
I appreciate it, but I don't think I'm comfortable talking about it. Not right now.
[He's told one person, sort of... but he feels like Connor would know exactly what was up if he mentioned anything. So. No details for Mr. Connor.]
Sometimes experience is better than any research we could ever do, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you'll continue to follow what you want. Even if you did it because of this place, you still chose it yourself.
[He's told one person, sort of... but he feels like Connor would know exactly what was up if he mentioned anything. So. No details for Mr. Connor.]
Sometimes experience is better than any research we could ever do, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope you'll continue to follow what you want. Even if you did it because of this place, you still chose it yourself.
Alright. If you change your mind, you know how to reach me.
[there’s a small clicking noise in his throat, almost like a non-fully uttered rebuttal that just died somewhere halfway in his vocal processors and throat.]
I did it because it was a logical progression of an existing interaction. I just...wanted to ensure our safety. It wouldn’t be preferable for danger to befall either of us at this juncture.
[there’s a small clicking noise in his throat, almost like a non-fully uttered rebuttal that just died somewhere halfway in his vocal processors and throat.]
I did it because it was a logical progression of an existing interaction. I just...wanted to ensure our safety. It wouldn’t be preferable for danger to befall either of us at this juncture.
Yes. Thank you, Connor.
[This sure sounds like a lot of logical excuses, Connor.]
You're right, but it sounds more like you're trying to convince yourself of this, not me.
[This sure sounds like a lot of logical excuses, Connor.]
You're right, but it sounds more like you're trying to convince yourself of this, not me.
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Maybe I am.
But you could be too. It’s alright to be wrong.
Maybe I am.
But you could be too. It’s alright to be wrong.
I'm not programmed to be wrong, Simon.
[he doesn't really know anything else. lingering on that thought is the closest thing to uncomfortable that he can possibly come up with at this juncture.]
I tried to explain it to North, but my experience and design is different than every other android.
[he doesn't really know anything else. lingering on that thought is the closest thing to uncomfortable that he can possibly come up with at this juncture.]
I tried to explain it to North, but my experience and design is different than every other android.
You were made to find us, I understand, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t be like us, Connor.
You are still one of us, no matter what. I hope regardless we can learn from each other, that we can be friends.
You are still one of us, no matter what. I hope regardless we can learn from each other, that we can be friends.
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