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[ Hey look! It's the resident giant robot. He smiles so warmly it almost seems fake. ]

Greetings! Since it seems we have some new people since I last spoke on the network, my name is Drift.

For those of you who do know me, there are a few matters I need to attend to.

The first being, I'm moving! There's an abandoned warehouse down the way so if anyone would like my new location, please don't hesitate to ask. On a related note it uh, It's a bit of a fixer-upper. I don't have much to offer in return, but if anyone would be willing to help me strip it down and patch a few things up, I'd be very grateful.

On the other note, I was considering starting some self-defense classes to be held at my new location. I've had a job for now as a transport and delivery service of sorts, but I think, if anyone was interested, I'd enjoy teaching that on the side.

So! If you'd like to learn basic hand-to-hand or swordplay, please let me know!


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At your convenience, I'd like to speak to you... Psii.

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Really? So if I asked what you think about in your spare time, what would you say?

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[That question, at least, is easy to answer.]

System goeth over system'th lineth of code and try to find glitcheth.

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What if there are no glitches?

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There are alwayth glitcheth.

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But if there wasn't. What would you be thinking about?

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Beeth.

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Bees.

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Beeth. System ith interested in beeth.

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I... okay. Any.

Any reason why you're interested in bees? Do you like them? Are they.

Are they cute?

[ Well. Bumblebee was pretty cute. But Drift would never say that to his face. ]

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System ith not in a position to judge if beeth are cute or not.

[They totally are, don't even try and deny it.]

Beeth have a complekth social structure. System ith interested in how they interact.

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Uh, oh. I see.

So. Okay. Bees. That's a tick.

Anything else you'd think about?

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... beeth.

[There's hesitation in his voice, like he'd like to say more but can't.]

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Besides bees?

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Only beeth.

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Haha... well alright! Bees! Bees then...

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Yeth. Beeth.

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And wireth. System thinkth about... biowireth. Sometimeth.

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Oh, your biowires...

Can you tell me more about them?

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Biowireth are conduitth between system and ship. Wireth take energy sourthe from system and uthe it to power ship and maintain ship systemth. System useth biowireth to observe ship and keep recordth on activitieth by crew. They hurt. Without biowireth, system hath no way to communicate with ship and thuth will be decommissioned. Ath system improveth and ath ship becometh more complekth, more biowireth are added. They hurt tho fucking bad. Main connecting pointth for biowireth are in system'th extremetieth, although auxiliary wireth are added later; system hath had many auxiliary wireth added over the sweepth.

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User Sollukth wantth to remove system'th biowireth.

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... Helmsman...

If they hurt you, why do you want to keep them? It sounds like your friend wants to help you relieve the pain.

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[When did he say anything about them hurting? Where would Drift get that idea? Weird, must be a glitch.]

System will be decommissioned without biowireth. A system without biowireth ith broken.

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What if I told you that you wouldn't need those, if I took you to be the Helmsman of the Lost Light?

You wouldn't be broken. You'd be... upgraded.

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[Well, that's certainly food for thought. The Helmsman mulls it over for a minute.]

How would system be upgraded?

[Blueprints and charts, please.]

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You...

Would be able to make a lot more choices for yourself. And have better. Um. Productivity. You would also not be in danger of being decommissioned.

You'd be like me.

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System would be like user Drift...

[That sounds appealing. And terrifying. Mostly terrifying. That would be so much autonomy, so much freedom. He's not sure he can handle it.]

System... hath only ever been a system. System doeth not know if system could be like user Drift. It doeth not compute.

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I...

I think you could. It will take a lot of work. But if you are willing to try...?

Yes. I think so.