CONTACT POST.

[secondnature]

username: keith

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[bestaround]

You don't have to tell me twice, but all I can do on my end is count on you guys to manage it.

[secondnature]

Guess so.

I wasn't sure this leg of anything would be this exciting.

But I figured it had to be better than that. It's that bad, huh?

[bestaround]

Maybe for you. At least Youmi's subjects have it together, so we're already on the way to our destination.

[secondnature]

It's not that I want bad things to happen.

It's just better that I'm here instead of there. I can be much more use here.

[bestaround]

Better you than me, that's for sure. [ And he means that genuinely. ] Just don't do anything too rash.

[secondnature]

When would I ever do something too rash?

[bestaround]

[ SIGH. at least he knows it. ]

So you CAN stop long enough to think of a plan?

[secondnature]

I DO still lead my team back home. None of us are dead!

[bestaround]

Wow, color me surprised.

[ HE'S JOKING......... mostly ]

[secondnature]

Remind me not to give you special care if we're stuck alone together. Then I can change that to "most of us aren't dead."

[bestaround]

Oof, that's harsh... Good thing I know how to do my own repairs then, huh?

[secondnature]

Good thing.

I think 2B thought I wanted to do repairs on her.

It was weird.

[bestaround]

Well, if you gave her that impression... That's my job anyway, so don't think much of it.

[secondnature]

I think it's because I said I've worked with robots before.

She doesn't think that anymore. Obviously.

[bestaround]

Obviously. She likely wouldn't want to bother unless she was REALLY busted up, anyway.

[secondnature]

She's the type to take on everything, isn't she?

[bestaround]

Yeah, I guess so. At least, she doesn't tend to slow down much.

[secondnature]

Yeah ...

[She reminds him of himself. Surprise.]

Are all androids like her and you're the weird one, or?

[bestaround]

[ Yeah, SURPRISE. He knows you lot. ]

What kind of strange assumption is that? No, we're all different.

[secondnature]

I don't know! My lion's made out of a weird space comet with a mind of its own. I didn't know if it was different for you guys.

[bestaround]

For someone who claims to work with robots, you sure don't know much about them, do you?

When you build an artificial being, you can program them with base personality data. I'm sure your lion just has some set AI as well.

[secondnature]

I know about AIs and personality data, but I'm telling you that the lions are different.

I know about free will and all that, too. I knew a guy once. You'd have liked him. His name was Zenyatta.

[bestaround]

Ooookay, if you say so.

[ See also: 9S is not quite buying it. ]

What makes this Zenyatta guy so special?

[secondnature]

They're lions made out of a comet that has a mind of its own!

[Keith does say so.]

Well, he's a robot. An omnic is what they call them in his world. I guess he set out on his own at some point. He used to give meditation lessons to the team.

[bestaround]

I got it the first time you said it!

[ STILL... NOT REALLY BELIEVING IT, THO. ]

And that's it? He's a robot who likes meditating? Sounds kind of boring, actually.