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[newhire]

[Those who wish to meet with the Junior Administrator-- well she's always on call.

Getting her off her phone on the other hand... is a bit more difficult.]

Comments

[preconstruction]

It's true that there are seemingly endless variables.

[ it's a lot to quantify; and after this week, he's not really sure he has the processing power to do it just now. ]

Something tampered with my code.

[newhire]

What? I can take a look at it for you.

I mean, if you don't mind it being me. It's okay if you'd rather have Han do it though. I just thought I should.

Nevermind! I'm sure you have it all under control.

[preconstruction]

I can't tell if that last part is because you want to see it but you're too nervous to really ask, or if that relates to your comment about Han.

[newhire]

Well I want to help you of course. But I can't say I feel like I'm the best person to do it.

[She would have you believe that it's not about THAT.]

[preconstruction]

You're literally a professor of robotics.

[newhire]

Right! Right. So. Um. If you want. My door's always open. Yeah.

[preconstruction]

Vivienne. Whatever you want to say, just say it.

[newhire]

Auuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm not good with words!










Of course I want to! I want to be useful. I want to be someone people feel like they can come to.

[preconstruction]

I'm sure plenty of people feel that way about you.

[newhire]

Before I was forced to take the Entrance Exam students, the only person I ever connected with was my uncle. And he's a great man, he really is, but-- he's not like other people. I learned a lot then. And even now, a lot of it is me trying to simulate the things I've experienced from others.

But during the Entrance Exam I think I found a little of the Old Me. Or... maybe I just wanted to believe I did. Either way, I promised I wouldn't go back to the way I was before, even if I was faking it a little.

So... I do hope that my effort translates, even if I'm not good at it yet.






B-but that's not even important right now! You didn't tell me what happened to your code!

[preconstruction]

You hardly need to justify yourself to me. All of my emotions are simulated. And it’s not a guess to know how people feel about you.

[ he’d shared it when they had interfaced after the trial after all. He has proof. ]

It has a strange mutation that is mimicking the memory loss the other students are experiencing.